Lousy movie

Rating: 2/10 (19 March 2011)

Are the Wards/Ecklunds proud of this movie? Really? After seeing it, I do not understand why it got so much Oscar attention. The Ward/Ecklund family looks like a bunch of ignorant white trash. It looks like they don't even have the good sense to be embarrassed by this film. Whatever was great about this film, I certainly missed it. I will admit I'm not a fan of boxing in general; I watched the movie because of the awards it won. It seemed to me that the fighter spent too much time hiding behind his gloves. Mark Wahlberg lacked intensity. I agree with another reviewer who commented on the lack of character development. Maybe it should have been called "The Fighters" since nearly everyone in the movie was doing some fighting!