Excellent

Rating: 10/10 (24 June 2005)

This movie is one of the best I have seen in a long time. Very rarely do I get this excited. I cried a little, laughed a little, and grimaced with every punch thrown.
The depression era was very well depicted in this film. My grandparents often spoke of going to look for work just to make enough money to feed the kids. Their rent for a tiny three roomed house was $10 a month and many times the had trouble making the payment. This move just made their struggle more real to me, and I see why they later seemed like "penny pinchers" :-) During the Max Baer fight I was on the edge of my seat. I just wanted to scream "Come on Jimmy" but was just a little too shy. This is one movie that I would pay to see again and again. And I will buy a copy to keep in my very small DVD collection.