Wow I can't believe movies like these are still made today.

Rating: 10/10 (7 December 2005)

I have never before watched a movie that moved me like this movie did. This is without a doubt Crowe's and Zellwegger's finest performances ever.( i know i sound like James Lipton) There portrayals of these characters made me forget that i was watching Russel Crowe and Renee Zellewgger but instead James J. and Mae Braddock. This movie was so good that I wanted to put eight dollars in an envelope and send it to Ron Howard for not going to see this in theaters. Sure the movie is two and a half hours long but it flows so smoothly that its seems like its over as soon as it starts. it has some of the greatest boxing scenes I've ever seen it blows all the Rocky's and million dollar baby and raging bull out of the water and takes the crown as the greatest boxing movie ever and i would ever argue the greatest sports movie ever but calling it a sports movie is unfair because it is so much more. This movie has it all it will make you laugh make you cry and at the end it will get your blood pumping and adrenaline flowing and you'll be on your feet rooting on Jimmy like it was a real fighting happening right now. The camera work is amazing and the look and feel of the move make you feel like your right there with these people and as cheesy as it may be you root for these people and win they succeed it makes you feel like you have too. This story can still inspire people to this day more than seventies years after it happened. This movie was not done justice at the box office and I'm sorry to say I was part of the problem. IT was a perfect 10/10 I can't find anything wrong with it.