Review of Poor Boy's Game (2007) by Serena L — 15 Jun 2008
Confronting, challenging and profoundly moving. Poor Boys Game pulls no punches and is successful in providing a riveting and consuming movie experience. Poor Boys Game was a complete surprise to me. Although the story centres around a boxing match, it is about people and relationships, anger, family and ultimately balance. It is one of those movies that, for days after watching it, has you turning over and examining different scenes for their hidden depths.
The story is intelligent, thoughtful and allows you to form your own conclusions without the usual formulaic, Hollywood "would you like me to cut up your meat for you?" conclusions.
The acting is subtle and understated. There are scenes with little or no dialogue, that speak volumes.
There are a few violent/sex scenes that gave me pause, and that I would caution parents to think about before allowing teenagers to watch. For example, there is interaction and a sex scene between inmates in a jail cell. But on reflection, I believe these scenes are absolutely necessary to the film and provide a huge amount of insight into the characters, history, the society and the situation.
It is not a 'pretty' film, but in my opinion, it is a great film and very enoyable.
This review of Poor Boy's Game (2007) was written by Serena L on 15 Jun 2008.
Poor Boy's Game has generally received mixed reviews.
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