Disappointing and annoying...

Rating: 5/10 (15 February 2004)

I saw this movie yesterday and I was really wondering through watching it what makes people like it? I guess the movie is made great, the actors do a great job, etc... But the story itself, the leading character annoyed me to no end. What's so great about watching the life of a swearing and paranoid (really ridiculously paranoid) boxer in the 1940's? He beats his wife, his brother, he's very dominating over his wife ( I can't believe she stayed so long with a b****rd like that). I was hoping he would loose his matches, that they would finally call the police during the whole film. It just isn't my kind of thing I guess. The movie can be well made but the story has to entertain too, it only annoyed in my case - 5/10