When people say hockey is for everyone, Breakaway feels like a good way to show how true that is. Rajveer Singh (Vinay Virmani) loves playing hockey. His Indian-Canadian family doesn't understand why he loves playing hockey.
Singh also struggles to convince others on the ice of the worthiness of people of Indian descent playing hockey.
Breakaway deals with serious issues in a relatively light-hearted manner. The film is very easy to watch in that regard.
The team is known as the Speedy Singhs, which might have made a better title than Breakaway.
Breakaway features other Canadian actors, such as Russell Peters and Ali Mukaddam. Drake makes a cameo as himself in the film.
The film has a few inconsistencies. There is a crucial scene where the team has to decide about turbans vs. helmets. The film forgets about this moment until much later in the film.
American actors Rob Lowe and Camilla Belle play brother/sister but they are a generation apart. Lowe plays the coach. We get the impression from watching the film that even Lowe is not sure why he is in the film.
Singh falls in love with the coach's sister but could have easily fallen in love with the coach's daughter. Perhaps Lowe's ego wouldn't allow for that.
Vinay Virmani is a triple threat as lead actor, co-writer, and producer in the film. Virmani is very personable in the lead and that makes getting past the inconsistencies a lot easier.
Virmani co-wrote the film with Noel S. Baker, Jeffrey Alan Schechter, and Matt Simmons. Robert Lieberman was the director.
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The 2011 film isn't a great film but has its moments. The soundtrack may be more noteworthy than the film itself. Breakaway is a light film that is sufficiently entertaining without being deep or over the top.
Breakaway is available in Canada on CBC Gem and Fawesome.tv in the United States.
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