one of the best boxing shows of all time

Rating: 10/10 (17 September 2005)

Another stellar performance by Russell Crowe and Renne Zellweger really shines in her ever supportive wife role. Honestly i went into the cinema with no expectations whatsoever but the build up to the fights were simple brilliant, classic Ron Howard stuff. Cinematography was very good for the fight scenes but i particularly liked the character build up for all the main casts; i found the manager's role played by Paul Giamatti, who was superb in sideways just a year ago, character build up was very progressive. He shed his ol pinot noir self to a very dedicated manager, not in it for the money only, but a lot more than that, kinda non don king type. Well, the film sheds new light on the fight industry during the 1929 depression and Jim Braddock proves to all that there's some light left at the end of the tunnel for all of us...if we believed in them
i'm a sucker for true stories and Cinderella man scores a perfect 10
go watch it if it's the last show you'll watch this year, brilliant stuff, kudos to all who made it possible!