Review of Cinderella Man (2005) by Rocknblues 8 — 24 Feb 2013
Russell Crowe plays James Braddock a fighter during the depression era that had everything until the stockmarket crashed and he found himself fighting just to feed his family. After failing to live up to his potential, he suffers some embarassing fights, and is therefore thrown out of boxing and is forced into other low paying jobs in order to make ends meet.
Soon his family losses everything and the children get sick. Lucky for him he gets a second chance when a fighter pulls out of a fight and they're looking for a quick replacement and Braddock is the guy. Shocking everyone of that time, he makes a big comeback on route to the heavyweight championship.
Excellent movie. Possibly the best in quite a few years. The cast is great, the movie greatly shot, the fighting scenes look real, and there is a pretty good detail here. The movie is more about the struggles of a family and the people of the time looking for some hope for a brighter day. And James Braddock brought that.
Not one thing I'd change about the film. Yes, it plays with you're emotions alittle bit, but that's part of drama movies isn't it? Yes, the movie has some fiction in there. But this is what makes the difference between documentaries and movies. If you're expecting complete facts, it's nearly pointless to watch this film.
It's also moronic to knock the film for some fiction, because basically all movies have some fiction in them. Take the film for what it is and not a documentary and you'll probably like it.
8/10.
This review of Cinderella Man (2005) was written by Rocknblues 8 on 24 Feb 2013.
Cinderella Man has generally received very positive reviews.
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