On Edge (2001/I)

Director:

Karl Slovin

Writers:

Karl Slovin (writer)
Laura Wolf (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

"Spinal Tap" on ice!

Plot:

Wendy, Veda, and J.C. are part of Southern California's thriving figure skating community - the bottom part...

Plot Keywords:

Figure Skating | Figure | Ice Skating | Ice | Skating

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jason Alexander	...	Zamboni Phil
Tai Babilonia	...	Regionals Judge #5
Andrew Bilgore	...	Chanel 127 Cameraman
Jennifer Birchfield-Eick	...	Mother #2
Kirk Blada	...	Wendy's Brother
Tracey Brown	...	Skater
Gia Buonaguro	...	Waitress (as Gia Bonaguro)
Yule Caise	...	Police Officer #1
Peter Carruthers	...	Regionals Judge #1
Lina Chmiel	...	Curvaceous Skater
Marsha Clark	...	Irate Mother
Steven Cousins	...	Regionals Judge #3
Veronica Cruz	...	Coutnee Chin
Jennifer Darling	...	Mother #3
Viveka Davis	...	Patsy Cain
Cohen Duncan	...	3rd Dramatic Skater
Susan Fakuda	...	Audrey Chin
Carole Fortini	...	Sailor Skater
Randy Gardner	...	Regionals Judge #2
Ron Geren	...	Jackson
John Glover	...	Yuri Moskivin
Joy Gohring	...	Tattle Tail Skater
Meta Golding	...	Julie Johnson
Chrisha Gossard	...	Tiffany Bernstein
Jason Graae	...	Bradley Bryce
Sharie Green	...	Skater
Sharie lee Green	...	Skater
Kathy Griffin	...	Karen Katz
Scott Hamilton	...	Ricky Medford
Bonnie Hellman	...	Cheerful Skate Mom
Amy Hill	...	Bullhorn Woman
Chris Hogan	...	Prof. Robinson
Jamie Isley	...	Homely Skater
Jennifer Itoh	...	2nd Dramatic Skater
Michael Jackman	...	Dramatic Skater's Coach
Hitomi Kadono	...	Sato Hakawa
Marsha Kramer	...	Skate Mother #2
Natasha Kuchiki	...	Pirate Skater
A.J. Langer	...	J.C. Cain
Wallace Langham	...	Jimmy Hand
Ashley Lencek	...	Molly Brown
Megan Lencek	...	Mary Brown
Eli Russell Linnetz	...	Boy (as Eli Linnetz)
Sabrina Lloyd	...	Becky Brooks
Meganne Macias	...	Tammy
Wendie Malick	...	Mildred Tilman
Sean Moran	...	Dan Wodinski
Taylor Neff	...	Skater
Caitlan O'Connor	...	Wendy's Sister
Megan Paul	...	Cindy
Ken Perkins	...	Police Officer #2
Robert Peters	...	Businessman #1
Suzie Plakson	...	Janet Bellamy
Alex May Pruett	...	Younf Veda
Carol Rippy	...	Skate Mother #1
Stacie Rippy	...	Jody James
Sara Robertson	...	Dramatic Skater
Willie Rosenblatt	...	Tiffany's Father
Bob Rumnock	...	Businessman #2
Cheri Rae Russell	...	Aggressive Skater
Giuliana Santini	...	Attractive Woman
Eric Slovin	...	Duffy
Jose Solano	...	Gigolo
Barret Swatek	...	Veda Tilman
Lou Thornton	...	Buffy Burke
Andy Umberger	...	Angry Father
Lita Wen	...	Tiffany's Mother
Marissa Jaret Winokur	...	Wendy Wodinski
Wendy Worthington	...	Joannie Wodinski
Kristi Yamaguchi	...	Regionals Judge #4

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language and drug content.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (original rating) | USA:R (re-rating) (2003)

Filming Locations:

Culver Ice Arena - 4545 Sepulveda Boulevard, Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Angel Ark Productions

Trivia:

Two of the five regional judges, Peter Carruthers and Kristi Yamaguchi, were Olympic medalists. Carruthers won the pairs silver medal in 1984 with his sister Kitty, while Yamaguchi won the 1992 ladies' gold. Two others, Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner, were the favorites at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics before withdrawing due to Randy's injury, as discussed in the movie.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Titanic (1997)

This movie was awful

Whoever wrote the positive comment on this movie had to be working for the production company. This movie was so mean spirited, stupid, and unfunny. How many more fat jokes could they make? What was up with the gross character played by Scott Hamilton? He should be ashamed for making this movie. How could Kristi and Tai want to be associated with this disaster? What happened to Jason Alexander's acting skills? Did he leave them all on the set of Seinfeld?

It didn't gently and affectionately poke fun at the sport, like Bring it On did for competitive cheerleading. It consistently stressed that all skaters are bulimic psychopaths, all the mothers are desperate middle aged hags trying to regain their lost youth, and all the judges are biased snobs whose scores can be bought with sexual favors. I was waiting for the gay jokes to come out but with no male skaters I guess the writers just couldn't figure out how work them in.

I am not against dumb but funny movies, but this movie was just depressing. Don't waste your time.