Very Good Movie

Rating: 9/10 (7 December 2005)

Great performance by Crowe, almost as good as his performance in "A Brilliant Mind" for which he should have received the best actor Oscar.
If there is any justice in the world, he should get an Academy Award for this performance.
If nothing else a good old fashioned "against the odds" type of movie, without being boring, repetitive or corny.
Being set in the depression era, it was not too far off base with shots of the life people lived at the time, but perhaps was a bit sanitised as the version of the movie I saw was on-board an aeroplane. That being said the fact that it impressed me so much, and that I enjoyed it so much when watching it on the aeroplane makes me want to wait for it to come out on DVD so I can watch it again. Not many movies can have that influence on me.