Well Done!

Rating: 10/10 (30 May 2005)

I just came back from watching an early screening of Cinderella Man. Let me just start by saying wow! Ron Howard, you are just incredible. I was pleased that the content of the film kept you focused on the time frame as well as the facts, as in all "Based on true events" films there was some artistic license taken, but not so much that the facts were altered to an otherwise unfamiliar tone.
Russell Crowe was wonderful and I believe that he like Renee Zellweger are just so right for period pieces. They were both very believable and utterly convincing in their roles. A movie for the Oscars no doubt! It left me wanting more knowledge of the man that was James J. Braddock and so that is just what I did upon getting back home, I looked up the facts on the man and a Cinderella Man he was.
Great story, Great action, Great acting and if you are even in the slightest, a boxing fan you will be greatly satisfied. Something for men and women alike.