This film should have been a big hit

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2007)

This film is the most under rated movie of last year. I have tried to analyze why it was such a bomb at the box office but I cannot figure it out. The film was perfect, probably the best boxing movie ever made, beating out Rocky (which is hard to beat) and at least having a tie if not winning by a nose against Raging Bull (which is impossible to beat). The reasons why it is so great is as follows... 1. The fights are the best ever 2. It is a true story and an uplifting one 3. the performances are stellar (granted the performances in Raging Bull were the best in the business). 4. The manager was the best ever (Paul G.) and he really showed how the relationship between a manager and a boxer works. 5. This film meant a lot to me. I was going through some hard times and it gave me hope and inspiration. Any movies that can reach into a life and change it get's my vote. 6. It has a great soundtrack.
And so I give it a ten, and I hope that it has a more successful afterlife.