A Heartpounding Movie with only a few drags.

Rating: 8/10 (8 May 2006)

Cinderella Man opens with the main character, Jim Braddock (Russel Crowe) trouncing somebody in a boxing match. After the fight, he is mobbed by supporters and makes a lot of money from it. The scene ends with his manager Joe Gould, (Paul Giammati) saying hes gonna go far.
Cut to three years later, at the start of the great depression. Braddock is not going far. He has lost fight after fight, and the boxing commission has revoked his license. The rest of the movie is his climb back to the top and becomes the champion.
In my opinion, a really good movie makes your heart pound. This movie is one of the few that I have seen that does it repeatedly. The final fight with Max Baer, (Craig Bierko) is one of the most intense scenes in a movie I have ever seen. My heart took 10 minutes to calm down after it. Also, the acting was very good especially Russel Crowe. The cinematography and directing were also very good.
Now, for the bad: The only thing I have to say is that the plot often dragged. Some of the scenes before he gets good at boxing were the sole reason that I did not rate this movie a 10. Now, like all 13 year old boys, I like action in movies. However, this does not mean that I need it constantly, like some do. But I think that many of the non-boxing scenes could have been omitted or shortened. But I can not think of anything else that was bad.
What a good movie!