The Fighter
Following the footsteps of his elder brother, Dicky Eklund, a former boxer who achieves many champions throughout his professional life, but once he has addicted drugs, the thing that forces him to leave boxing, Micky Ward, the younger brother of Dicky, who struggles against gaining champions in boxing.
17 May 1956, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
28 August 1988, Los Angeles County, California, USA
26 April 1973, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
November 26, 1991 in Netanya, Israel
11 February 1931, Brooklyn, New York, USA
5 February 1968, New York City, New York, USA
7 July 1944, Bottom Creek, West Virginia, USA
2 April 1968, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
10 August 1978, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
4 August 1977, Dothan, Alabama, USA
30 January 1974, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
May 09, 2015
Blue-collar Bostonian has replaced Southern redneck as Hollywood's white-trash signifier of choice.
December 17, 2010
Makes too many concessions to the Hollywood judges, pulls too many punches.
December 17, 2010
Only Amy Adams, playing Micky's tough-tender girlfriend Charlene, manages to be convincingly working-class without seeming either dopey or rabid or strung-out.
August 11, 2013
Superb performances and a well told story make The Fighter one of the year's best films.
October 07, 2015
But while this was amusing in a comedic or satiric context, it backfires in a dramatic narrative in which the protagonist should warrant our sympathies.
February 02, 2011
A flawed, frequently ludicrous but overwhelmingly likeable film, old-school to the core and none the worse for it.
December 17, 2010
The Fighter is so muscularly and tenderly good because it trains its eye on the matches that take place between kin.
July 19, 2015
Russell walks a narrow line between laughing with the family and laughing at them, but the film never crosses over into parody.
January 16, 2013
Acting for the silver screen doesn't get more raw, moving or accomplished than what you see in "The Fighter," that rare film in which every performer in it leaves the viewer in awe.
December 17, 2010
It's audacious, it's fun, it's rowdy, and it's just twisted enough to always be interesting. Beyond that, it's one of the year's best acting showcases and likely to grab multiple Oscar nominations.
June 30, 2013
Driven by great performances and great characters, this drama is a must-see.
December 17, 2010
A great boxing movie, a great film about family. Gritty, thrilling, inspirational. Deserves multiple Oscar nominations.
