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| Year: | 2004 |
| Country of origin: | USA |
| Director: | Clint Eastwood |
| Genre: | Emtional boxing movie. |
| Starring: | Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman |
| Rating: | 4/5 |
| IMDB link: | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405159/ |
| Tagline: | Beyond his silence, there is a past. Beyond her dreams, there is a feeling. Beyond hope, there is a memory. Beyond their journey, there is a love. |
| Favourite line: | "I saw your last fight, Shawrelle. Spent so much time face down I thought the canvas had titties." |
A boxing movie with a difference, this is to Rocky 4 what Apocalypse Now is to Rambo 3.
Clint Eastwood plays a retired 'cut man' now running a gym. Hilary Swank arrives in town one day and asks that he train her. Reluctant at first, he gradually warms to her and sets about guiding her on course for a crack at the world championship.
Essentially, that's the plot, but this movie is about much more than boxing. At it's core this is an emo-drama, but lashings of schmultz are resisted, and instead we have a touching account of the platonic relationship that develops between two people in the same business, but a generation apart.
The human cost of their trade is played out superbly, and it would be a hard hearted son of a bitch indeed who doesn't get a lump in the throat towards the end.
Warm, funny, moving, without ever being trite, this is Clint on fine form.
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