A great film, one of the best of 05

Rating: 10/10 (5 January 2006)

Ron Howard's Cinderella Man tells a familiar story, however this film is a fine example of great storytelling. The audience sympatahizes with the characters, its great cinema. It has a great screenplay from Cliff Hollingsworth and good direction from Ron Howard who is making one great film after another. Russell Crowe's performance is Oscar-worthy, a very emotional and well developed character. Renee Zellweger is also very good as Crowe's wife who is fearful of becoming a widow as she worries from her husband (Crowe)'s life. The story of Jim Braddock is based on true events and Howard brings it to the screen very well. Paul Giamatti steals his scenes and his very impressive as Braddock's trainer, Joe Gould. This film is perfect, one of the best of 2005 for me. 10/10