Amazing

Rating: 9/10 (4 October 2018)

Everything about this movie is great. It's the story of a boxer down on his luck during the great depression. It's James J. Braddock (Russel Crowe), trying to put food on the table for his family. At first he's an up and coming prospect but hand injuries derail him into taking fights with no use of his good hand. Eventually the commission strips him and doesn't allow him to box anymore so he has to work on the docks using his bad hand more. When an opportunity came up to fight a #1 contender on 24 hours notice as nobody else would Braddock came back to boxing. He won and went on an incredible streak. The Cindarella Man. A lot of the movie is him trying to get by and him putting his pride aside and doing anything to keep his kids and wife together. The performances by pretty much everyone completely nailed it. The best boxing movie I've ever seen.