Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Melissa Leo all deserve awards for their performances in this

Rating: 7/10 (7 January 2011)

Christian Bale should be at least nominated for his performance in this. I simply love boxing movies most likely due to the fact that any sorta fighting sport is definitely my cup of tea. Having seen both raw footage of the actual Micky Ward on you tube and the documentary HBO put out on crack addicts that starred his brother and occasional trainer Dicky Ecklund ( Christian Bale). for those of you who have seen this film and are wondering if his life and family were that rough around the edges would definitely suggest you see the documentary. Mark Wahlberg who portrays our star Micky Ward pretty much plays himself in this character with nothing special to add. Really impressive was not only Bale's performance but Amy Adams as well if you want to see how versatile she is, see this film and then go home and watch her performance in Disney's Enchanted she definitely is one I'm going to keep my eye on as she keeps upping her game. The movie is very good and written not far from the truth.