All of Europe was affected by the Great Depression of the 1930s, but some parts were hurt less badly than others. France, for instance, was relatively prosperous. In this grim drama, a sturdy Polish boxer and his family have settled into a mining town in northern France because that's where the work is. Like European "guest workers" in the 1990s, the Polish immigrants then were frequently treated badly by the locals. In this drama, the romantic aspirations of the boxer's son are thwarted by the concerted efforts of the local men and his own family's preference that he marry another Polish girl. After his romance fails, the son becomes a union activist and sacrifices a great deal to try to gain higher wages for the miners, but the contract he works out is reneged on by the duplicitous owners.
Blaze has generally received mixed reviews.
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Blaze was released in 1991 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 16 reviews, giving Blaze (1991) an average rating of 59%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 65%. Professional critics were more impressed with Blaze than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 59%, Blaze is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1991, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 1991 with similar scores include films like The Hard Way, Rock-A-Doodle and Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead.
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