One of the Greatest sports Sensations in the History of Boxing

Rating: 9/10 (30 April 2017)

In the Cinderella man, Russel Crowe who is starring as James J Braddock is a boxer in the Great Depression. Knows as the Cinderella man, he became one of the greatest sports sensations in the History of Boxing. In the early 1930's Braddock body, was wrecked down, crushed up and was not as good of a fighter as he once was. At this point in his career, he is struggling, and he is fighting with a broken hand. His wife Renée Zellweger starring as Mae Braddock hates his profession, but still tend to support him even though she is scared that he might get injured. His wife wishes, he quits the sport altogether but knows that they need the extra funds to survive. Watering down milk to get by a few extra days, and living with no heat has become the common routine for Braddock's family.
The main theme of the story is that it is like a fairy tale, hence the name the Cinderella Man. Throughout the movie, you can see that Braddock handled the depression differently, compared to everyone else. He did not let it break him even though, he was going through a series of hardships and adversity with his family. From getting his boxing silence revoked, due to the fact his matches were not providing the necessary hype that promoters wanted he still had hope. He tried in any way to help his family, to make it through. Unfortunately, due to the unfortunate circumstances, for the fear of the kids getting sick, Mae send her children to her family. This is the breaking point for James and he is very devastated. He starts to get on government assistance and asks for additional help from his boxing team and his manager Paul Giamatti, known as Joe Gould.
The effect of editorial cutting and transition of the pace of the film was very effective. It helped portray the life struggled of the depression and what the Braddock family was going through. The constant flashbacks, throughout the end of the film played a major role and made the audience realize who James was really fighting for. The background music played a major role as well because it provided the mood of which the scene was heading towards. When James had to bury his friend Mike Wilson, the music was very sad and miserable.
The theme is like the movie the "Invincible" which has the fairy like theme, of an underdog making it at the very end and proving everyone else wrong. As the movie goes on Joe pays a visit to James. He offers him a fight to fight the 2nd contender in the World. James is miraculously able to beat him and this is the beginning of the great winning streak. Joe convinces his Boss, to give James another chance and he is able to get another shot. This goes on until James end up beating the world heavyweight champion and make world history. This to a lot of people meant that Hope was on the way especially in those times. There was priest, churches and everyone in the community rooting for James. It was like a fairy tale, which is why the Cinderrela Man is a great title for this movie.