superb movie

Rating: 9/10 (15 September 2005)

I don't write reviews of movies a lot. When I do make the effort of writing such a review, it mostly means the movie I saw was terrible. Cinderella man however is different. It makes me want to write a review because it is so good.
This movie is never bothering. It shows not only the life of James Braddock but it also shows how people in the 30's were hit by the depression. The combination of both intriguing stories makes you sit on the top of your chair for 2,5 hours.
The fact that the movie based upon a true story was no problem for me either. Some of these kind of movies suffer from the fact that you already know how it's going to end (Apollo 13, Troy, ...) but I wasn't familiar with the Braddock-story. So on top of all the good aspects of the movie I also was really curious for the ending.
Finally a word about the cast which in my view did a great job (especially Russel Crowe) bringing the characters to life.
In each case I found this movie much better than that other recent boxing movie One Million Dollar Baby, which I found way too sentimental.