Russell Crowe Fighting

Rating: 6/10 (13 January 2015)

The story of James Braddock (Russell Crowe), a supposedly washed-up boxer who came back to become a champion and an inspiration in the 1930s.
What does Russell Crowe do best? Fighting people around the world. Here, he gets to fight people in the 1930s, in Depression-era boxing, before the rise of bigger stars like Joe Louis (who would beat Braddock). When you think fighting, you think Crowe.
At the time, this was probably a great film, but it already seems overshadowed by other boxing movies. Today (2015), you think "The Fighter" or "Million Dollar Baby", but you do not think "Cinderella Man". If you make a list of classic boxing movies (besides the Rocky films), this one may or may not make the list. Ron Howard is a great director and Paul Giamatti is a great actor, but this one simply does not stand the test of time.