Review of Southpaw (2015) by Michael A — 05 Sep 2016

Antoine Fuque made this an amazing film. Jake Gyllenhaal stole this movie.

This review of Southpaw (2015) was written by Michael A on 05 Sep 2016.

Southpaw has generally received positive reviews.

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Great movie.....same ol' story. Some reason compared to Eminem's story, but I'm certain millions of others have lived something similar…

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