An average movie

To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Meg Ryan, I still wanted to check it out. Eventually, it turned out to be one of the most underwhelming boxing flick I have ever seen. Basically, it is one of those misguided movies which take a real public figure (Jackie Kallen in this case) but instead of telling more or less her life, they decided to create a fictional story around her. It is always a rather dubious choice (see also 'The Last King of Scotland') but, in this case, it was made even worse by the fact that the plot was just really underwhelming. I mean, even the boxing scenes were disappointing. It seems that for Meg Ryan it was an attempt for an 'Erin Brockovich'-lite feature. At least, she still looked decent back in those days even if she was obviously already (ab)using plastic surgery. Honestly, I think there was somewhere a pretty good movie, hidden very deep. I mean, Jackie Allen seemed to be a really interesting character and there was definitely some potential but the whole thing was just wasted, that's for sure. Anyway, to conclude, I think I'm being really generous with my rating here, it is a really average boxing flick and it is not really worth a look, even if you love the genre.

5/10