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By Ajai K (45) on 06 Feb 2011

A poignant and compassionate film about the lives of two boxers trying to make ends meet and surviving in a hostile town…

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By Caleb C (670) on 19 Jan 2011

A good film. Not amazing, though…

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By Luc L (823) on 08 Jan 2011

A very good drama about a boxer making a come back into the ring and his relationship with an alcoholic girlfriend…

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By Jerry Renshaw (13) for Time Out (7,510) on 07 Jan 2011

Adapted from the Leonard Gardner novel, Fat City is long on character and short on plot (at times nearly playing like a Cassavettes film),…

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By Dan K (743) on 04 Nov 2010

This was like the only good thing stacy keach has ever been in…

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By Susan King (28) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 03 Nov 2010

John Huston's 1972 restatement of his theme of perpetual loss is intelligently understated, though the recessive camera compositions put an…

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By Martin T (888) on 30 Sep 2010

Though John Huston is a legend in the world of directing, surprisingly this film in his list of projects tends to be overlooked; I hadn't even…

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By Michael C (2,821) on 30 Sep 2010

Though John Huston is a legend in the world of directing, surprisingly this film in his list of projects tends to be overlooked; I hadn't even…

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By John H (1,894) on 04 Sep 2010

This anti-Rocky boxing movie is a great character study of has-been boxer/alchoholic/onion picker (brilliantly played by Stacy Keach) who befriends…

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By Roger T (757) on 20 Aug 2010

It shows a side of boxing we've never seen in Rocky or Cinderella Man and was briefly touched on in Raging Bull…

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By Timothy M (796) on 26 Jul 2010

Holy crap. I'd never even heard of this before, but it's exceptional. One of John Huston's finest films, without a doubt…

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By Edgar C (1,352) on 20 Jul 2010

Good boxing film with great performances. The script was weak, but the plot srong…

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By Alarico M (1) on 23 May 2010

Subtle and unassuming, a sorely overlooked masterpiece by john huston. kris kristofferson soundtrack to boot…

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By Will E (161) on 17 May 2010

Terrific late-period John Huston fight flick, gritty and raw, set in the boxing rings and barrooms of a broken-down CA town…

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By Jeff R (513) on 03 Apr 2010

Down beaten w/out a climax; the story of 2 loser boxers on the rise & fall…

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By Frédéric I (160) on 20 Mar 2010

Rocky without the glory. Bridges and Keach both give terrific performances…

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By John C (2,737) on 16 Mar 2010

Wonderfully low-key character piece by Huston, with terrific performances by Keach, Bridges, and particularly Tyrrell…

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By Jon R (512) on 07 Feb 2010

I love Susan Tyrrell's voice. It sounds like Minnie Mouse's run over by a train…

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By Joshua O (97) on 07 Feb 2010

I love Susan Tyrrell's voice. It sounds like Minnie Mouse's run over by a train…

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By Brandon S (2,121) on 16 Nov 2009

Not really a sports movie at all, John Huston's character study is light on plot, but long on rich, authentic characters…

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