The Fighter (2010)

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7.8	IMDB rating

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Directed by

David O. Russell

Starring (View all)

Mark Wahlberg
Micky Ward

Christian Bale
Dicky Eklund

Amy Adams
Charlene Fleming

Melissa Leo
Alice Ward

Mickey O'Keefe
Mickey O'Keefe

Jack McGee
George Ward

Melissa McMeekin
'Little Alice' Eklund

Bianca Hunter
Cathy 'Pork' Eklund

Written by (View all)

Scott Silver
(screenplay) and

Paul Tamasy
(screenplay)

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Boxing picture with heart and soul

12 years, 6 months ago at Mar 13 12:41

PvtCaboose91

11 votes

"I'm just grateful to be here and have the shot for the title."

From Rocky to Raging Bull to Million Dollar Baby, boxing films have existed as Oscar staples for decades. Suffice it to say, it's challenging - if not impossible - to find anything new or fresh to mine in the frequently-exploited genre. Hence, 2010's The Fighter does not flourish as an original offering of filmmaking si... read more

The Fighter

12 years, 9 months ago at Dec 24 13:47

lotr23

8 votes

If there's something I've said in several other reviews of movies that are inherently cliche-based that deserves to be repeated here, it's this: if you can do something interesting with the conventional material you're working with, or if you can at least make the characters worth caring about, the film is certain to be at least good, despite the familiarity of the material. Such is the case with ... read more

A very good movie

10 years, 7 months ago at Feb 18 10:58

johanlefourbe

4 votes

We often talk about how many actors managed to make some impressive come-backs in their career such as John Travolta, Robert Downey Jr. or Mickey Rourke but, very often, we tend to forget that for some directors, the path was also pretty hazardous and David O. Russell is one perfect example. Indeed, after helming 3 movies, he was hailed as the next best thing. Unfortunately, even though Russell wa... read more

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A look at the early years of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1980s.

Release date: 17 December 2010

Tags: Drama (36), Boxing (29), Sport (22), 2010 (20), Drugs (12), Biopic (12), Sports (10), (10), Biography (9), Family (9), 2010s (8), Prison (6), Underdog (6), Drug Addiction (6), Violence (5), Based On True Story (5), Anger (5), Crack (4), Bar (3)

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" Dicky Eklund "You fuckin' get out there, and use all the shit that you've been through, all that fuckin' hell, all the shit we've gone through over the fuckin' years, and you put it in that ring right now. This is yours. This is fuckin' yours.""

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" "You fuckin' get out there, and use all the shit that you've been through, all that fuckin' hell, all the shit we've gone through over the fuckin' years, and you put it in that ring right now. This is yours. This is fuckin' yours." Directed by David O. Russell Written by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson and Keith Dorrington Music by Michael Brook Cinematography by Hoyte Van Hoytema Editing by Pamela Martin"

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Kyle Ellis posted a review 1 year, 6 months ago

A knockout of a film

“The Fighter is a brilliant film, and for me one of the best movies of 2010 along with The King's Speech, The Social Network and Toy Story 3. The editing and cinematography are top-drawer especially as are the compellingly atmospheric score, the brilliant direction which seamlessly blends gritty realism and the theme of fighting-against-the-odds as seen in the finale and the script which has a lot of class and heart with the odd peppering of humour and good humour at that.What made The Fighter were the boxing fight sequences and the acting. The fight sequences are very kinetic, energetic and very exciting. And thanks to the quality of the direction and script, not to mention the acting, the characters are very credible and genuine. The acting is brilliant. Mark Wahlberg gives his best perfo” read more