Janet Maslin, in The New York Times, complained that she found the movie "amazingly hard to follow," "confusing," and "baffling;" she writes, "Wrye's bungling renders the story sob-proof."
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There, she is discovered by an elite coach (Jennifer Warren) who sees her potential despite a lack of training and qualifications at an advanced age for figure skaters.
The story of the film is partially inspired from the 1978 American film, Ice Castles and the 1999 Tamil film, Thulladha Manamum Thullum.
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Williams Arena was used for the filming of scenes in Columbia Pictures' 1978 motion picture release, Ice Castles.
Arif Mardin who produced Manchester's recording described the track as "a real departure for Melissa because it has a new wave dance quality and she had been known for her ballads", Manchester having reached the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 with the ballads "Midnight Blue" (#6) and "Don't Cry Out Loud" (#10) and the previous Manchester/Mardin collaboration "Theme from Ice Castles" also being a ballad.