This movie had absolutely incredible acting performances! That fact alone makes this movie worth watching. The problems with this movie are that you're spending almost two hours watching an extremely dysfunctional family and so-so boxing. For how good the boxing looked in the scenes where training was taking place, the actual fights were pretty disappointing. This is especially true of the montage of Micky (Mark Wahlberg) winning. It was almost worthy of a good, cheesy, 80's montage. The other problem is that it's the dysfunction of the family that is the driving drama, and that gets old really fast. This shouldn't be the bulk of the drama, just a supplement to it. The portion of the film that focuses on Dicky's (Christian Bale) use of crack, his addiction, his incarceration, his realization of his addiction, his recovery, and his release back into society clean and sober is incredibly good. A bunch of people yelling at each other is not good. I liked this movie, didn't love it, which is sad considering the amazing acting performances.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964517/
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