Ignore the critics.

Rating: 10/10 (11 June 2005)

Those who criticize Cinderella Man are the same who criticize Finding Neverland. They have the same, tired argument: Cinderella Man doesn't represent the truth; Finding Neverland doesn't represent the truth! What these people don't quite seem to grasp is that neither of these movies (make that NO movie) owes us the complete truth. Cinderella Man isn't a documentary. If Braddock needs to be made out as a bigger hero than he really was -- and if Baer needs to be made out as a bigger villain than he really was -- then so be it.
I didn't go to the theater to watch a 3 hour history lesson -- I went to be entertained. I went to be inspired. I went to be moved. I went to laugh. Cinderella Man succeeds in all these areas and more.
Although the fight scenes were the best I have ever seen, this isn't a boxing movie -- my wife loved it just as much as I did. This is a story of love, determination and will-power. This movie is an all-too-rare thing: a reason to go to the theater. 10/10!