Cinderella Man
2005 Directed by Ron Howard
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One man's extraordinary fight to save the family he loved.
Cinderella Man is the story of a boxer in the 1920’s who after his retirement has a surprise comeback in order to get him and his family out of a socially poor state. The film is based on the true story of boxer Jim Braddock who was more famously known as Cinderella Man.
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My favorite element of this film is the reality of it. Everything about this movie is real: the poverty, the desperation, and, most importantly, the fights.
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I dislike boxing (men or women hitting each other isn't my idea of fun) and most boxing film seem to be pretty much the same story, but I did like the depiction of life for the poor during the Depression in Cinderella Man, that was shown very effectively. I could really believe in the struggle that the real-life Jim and Mae Braddock and their family had faced.
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Nicely put story which otherwise is of not special interest to me. I like it when directors and actors manage to interest me in something that isn't my primary idea of entertainment.
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Ron Howard's emotional and uplifting account of one of America's greatest boxers is magnificently portrayed on the big-screen with Russell Crowe giving one of his best performances (and an underrated cinematic hero to rival Maximus). A knockout of a film!
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The only film I've ever truly liked Russell Crowe in. He, Zellwegger and especially Giamatti are great. Deserved more awards attention.
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Quite watchable for a Ron Howard movie.
His inaccurate assassination of Max Baer for the sake of having a bad guy is unacceptable though.
Not cool Ron.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Mit “Das Comeback” ist es Regisseur Ron Howard (Willow, EdTV) gelungen eine spannende Boxergeschichte mit glaubwürdigen Charakteren und packenden Dialogen zu erzählen. Von Beginn an fiebert man mit Jim Braddock mit, der von Russel Crowe zudem wirklich fesselnd gespielt wird. Seine komplette Mimik und Gestik und sein agieren im Boxring überzeugt dabei nicht nur mich, sondern auch viele andere Kritiker und so ist es nicht verwunderlich, dass Crowe für diese Rolle unter anderem für den Golden Globe nominiert war und vom Australian Film Institute als bester Schauspieler ausgezeichnet wurde.
Auch Crowes Filmpartnerin Renée Zellweger kann überzeugen. Zähle ich Zellweger nicht unbedingt zu meinen Lieblingsschauspielerinnen, hat sie in “Das Comeback” die Möglichkeit zu zeigen wozu sie fähig. Ihre Rolle als liebende…
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I dislike boxing (men or women hitting each other isn't my idea of fun) and most boxing film seem to be pretty much the same story, but I did like the depiction of life for the poor during the Depression in Cinderella Man, that was shown very effectively. I could really believe in the struggle that the real-life Jim and Mae Braddock and their family had faced.
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Nicely put story which otherwise is of not special interest to me. I like it when directors and actors manage to interest me in something that isn't my primary idea of entertainment.
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There is something beautiful and powerful in the boxing films I have seen and Cinderella Man is no exception. The acting in this is fantastic especially from the 3 leads, Paul Giamatti, Renée Zellweger and Russell Crowe as James Braddock who fought not only for his family but for his country during the broken era of the Great Depression. Its a beautiful, inspiring and hard hitting (excuse the pun) story which I consider up in the ranks with Rocky and Raging Bull. Definitely a must-see and overall incredible film.
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One of my favourite films with Russel Crowe
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Rocky with less food
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Realism of the fight scenes, poverty and desperation really make this film. Inspiring story, very well acted.
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Ron Howard's emotional and uplifting account of one of America's greatest boxers is magnificently portrayed on the big-screen with Russell Crowe giving one of his best performances (and an underrated cinematic hero to rival Maximus). A knockout of a film!