XLNT Slo-Mo Sweat 'n' Sputum!

Rating: 8/10 (3 June 2005)

I really don't care for boxing or boxing movies, I have to be blunt. Those slow-motion freeze-framed shots of sweat and sputum kind of spiraling out into the air with a hard, reverberating "thunk"-type sound as the glove connects to the chin have just plain never done it for me.
Having said that, I saw this picture at a screening last night (June 2) and thought that it was quite good. I didn't mind the length at all. Max Baer's character came off as quite a pig, and I was pleased to see him get thunked and his sputum flying. If I had been Mrs. Braddock I would have clocked him myself.
All in all quite a good, uplifting, little-guy-comes-back movie.