VIDEO ARCHIVES NOTES: This movie was discussed on the December 10, 2024 episode of the Video Archives podcast. 

I think it’s hilarious that Tarantino and Avery got people to watch Ice Castles that otherwise would never endure it. They got me!

Former skater Lynn-Holly Johnson is Lexie Winston, a figure skater on the way to the Olympics when she’s blinded in a freak accident. Withdrawing into depression, only her boyfriend Nick Peterson (Robby Benson) can coach her back onto the ice, getting her back into skates even if she can’t see.

Will she be able to skate again? Will he forgive her for leaving him for a sportscaster? Will she try the triple jump that nearly killed her?

Roger Ebert said, “Call me Scrooge; stories like this make me cringe.”

Director Donald Wrye made this movie twice, as there’s a 2009 remake with Taylor Firth and Rob Mayes in the lead parts. Lynn-Holly Johnson ‘s cameo? It got cut. Wrye also directed Born Innocent, so I can never be mad at him. As for Lynn-Holly Johnson, she would skate again in the Bond movie For Your Eyes Only.

For some reason, I have watched several ice skating movies and hate the sport. Why do I keep putting myself through this?