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The Fighter
The Fighter centers on the life of professional boxer Micky Ward and his older half-brother Dicky Eklund who helps train him before going pro in the mid 1980s as well as get him to the top.
5 July 1908, New York City, New York, USA
1975, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
11 May 1987, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA
December 19, 1944 in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
7 August 1960, Lewistown, Montana, USA
November 26, 1991 in Netanya, Israel
10 January 1976, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA
July 19, 2015
Russell walks a narrow line between laughing with the family and laughing at them, but the film never crosses over into parody.
August 11, 2013
Superb performances and a well told story make The Fighter one of the year's best films.
December 17, 2010
It's audacious, it's fun, it's rowdy, and it's just twisted enough to always be interesting. Beyond that, it's one of the year's best acting showcases and likely to grab multiple Oscar nominations.
January 16, 2013
Acting for the silver screen doesn't get more raw, moving or accomplished than what you see in "The Fighter," that rare film in which every performer in it leaves the viewer in awe.
October 07, 2015
But while this was amusing in a comedic or satiric context, it backfires in a dramatic narrative in which the protagonist should warrant our sympathies.
June 30, 2013
Driven by great performances and great characters, this drama is a must-see.
December 17, 2010
Makes too many concessions to the Hollywood judges, pulls too many punches.
May 09, 2015
Blue-collar Bostonian has replaced Southern redneck as Hollywood's white-trash signifier of choice.
December 17, 2010
Only Amy Adams, playing Micky's tough-tender girlfriend Charlene, manages to be convincingly working-class without seeming either dopey or rabid or strung-out.
December 17, 2010
The Fighter is so muscularly and tenderly good because it trains its eye on the matches that take place between kin.
February 02, 2011
A flawed, frequently ludicrous but overwhelmingly likeable film, old-school to the core and none the worse for it.
December 17, 2010
A great boxing movie, a great film about family. Gritty, thrilling, inspirational. Deserves multiple Oscar nominations.