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By David Denby (676) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 21 Feb 2007

The movie's acts of violence and betrayal may be familiar, but the filmmakers' obvious contempt for people given over to fanaticism is enormously…

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By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 03 Jan 2007

It's laden with such a heavy air of portentousness that it's difficult to become absorbed by the story…

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By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 20 Mar 2006

As personal and political agendas mix, with deadly results, director Jim Sheridan parallels the moderated violence of boxing with the unchecked…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 17 Jul 2003

Although it seems to borrow the pattern of the traditional boxing movie, the boxer here is not the usual self-destructive character, but the…

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By John R. Mcewen (303) for Film Quips Online (303) on 08 Feb 2003

This film is a satisfying marriage of a thoughtful screenplay, insightful direction and a powerfully skilled cast…

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By Ken Fox (1,094) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 11 Jan 2003

Unfortunately, the film never really catches fire, despite uniformly high-caliber performances; Day-Lewis, surely one the finest actors of…

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By Nick Davis (360) for Nick's Flick Picks (358) on 10 Jan 2003

The gravity of this environment, though, unfortunately highlights the insipidity and artificiality of Sheridan and George's screenplay…

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By Jeff Strickler (221) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 06 Nov 2002

The climax is unsettling, and effective. All of Sheridan's Northern Ireland stories have had realistic endings…

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By Margaret A. Mcgurk (290) for Cincinnati Enquirer (290) on 14 Oct 2002

Day-Lewis is superb…

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By Joseph Mcbride (16) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 04 Jun 2002

As up-to-the-minute as today's newspaper headlines, The Boxer is a thoughtful though emotionally rather dry film about the current attempts…

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By Edward Guthmann (364) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 21 Oct 2001

It's a tribute to Day-Lewis that he can play a character like Danny -- cautious, withdrawn, inarticulate -- and endow him an eloquence and…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 14 Feb 2001

In the end, as one unconvincing plot twist follows another, The Boxer can't sustain the initial interest it aroused…

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By Robert Roten (1,865) for Laramie Movie Scope (1,865) on 01 Jan 2001

The characters were sullen and taciturn. When they did speak, they didn't reveal anything useful…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 04 Aug 2000

The two actors, Daniel Day-Lewis and Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves), give such forceful performances and interact so well that it's impossible…

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By Elvis Mitchell (489) for The New York Times (9,847) on 07 Jan 2000

Mr…

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By Madeleine Williams (207) for Cinematter (205) on 01 Jan 2000

Director Jim Sheridan teams up again with Daniel Day-Lewis for another Irish saga…

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By Urban Cinefile Critics (1,069) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 01 Jan 2000

Jim Sheridan's skillful direction brings pace and heart to this powerful drama, one that makes us care deeply for its two enigmatic characters…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 01 Jan 2000

[Sheridan] succeeds in evoking audience sympathy not only by an honest screenplay…

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By Jeff Vice (1,455) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 01 Jan 2000

It is intelligent and well-acted and is certainly better than the majority of what's been coming to the big screen as of late…

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By Rob Blackwelder (857) for SPLICEDWire (872) on 01 Jan 2000

The Boxer would be only a strongly-directed special interest film if it wasn't for the emotional intensity provided by Day-Lewis and Watson…

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