One of the best in years

Rating: 10/10 (23 February 2006)

I think everyone else has covered pretty much all thats great about this film, so I will keep mine short and sweet. This is a fantastic movie, a biographical look at a man from a time that seems so tragic and depressing (it was the great depression, after all) but still makes you feel good and warm about all that was right with people back then. When going on welfare was worse than starving to death, when getting your face smashed in just so your kids could eat for another week wasn't much of a sacrifice, when a true underdog could do the impossible........if this movie doesn't make you feel something, you are probably already dead.
Rent it or buy it, it appeals to all demographics. Plenty of action for those Rocky fans, plenty of style for the Godfather crowd. Without a doubt, one of the best movies I've seen in years.