Revisiting best pictures from the past

Rating: 10/10 (8 February 2019)

After seeing ALL of the nominees for 2019 and being somewhat underwhelmed, in some cases completely perplexed, I decided to go back and take a look at some best pictures of the past...
I guess movies were so much better in 2010, that I took this one fore granted... By 2010 standards it's a 9, maybe 8.5. By 2019 standards, it's an 11.
Based off a remarkable true story, about a once prominent light weight turned crack head, and his down trodden brother, who's lost three fights in a row. The Fighter creates an Irish slum in a forgotten American nowhere...
Now, the family, you know, it's complicated. They stay together, even when they shouldn't... They support each other, even though the patriarch is a crack addict. But I guess when you knock down Sugar Ray Leonard, you can do whatever you want.
Acting is superb, played with gravity. The writing is just right... It's a movie, which feels too brief, that has no small parts. Each character in the family in unique and well played. While watching, I sometimes wish my family could be more like this and then other times, thanked God that my family is nothing like this one...