A touching film

Rating: 9/10 (29 January 2009)

I was touched by this film, I got into the character and felt sad for Randy seeing this is the way his life turn out. I felt almost the same way as I did after watching Raging Bull. I thought all the actors did a great job and was happy with the way their stories turned out. This isn't that living happily ever after, this was a real life believable story, and I was content with this. I found the final scene captivating, I took off my hat and leaned in to capture every aspect of the final moments of the match.
Spoilers The ending caught me off guard in a few ways. When the daughter hated him again I was surprised to not see the story line finished but I felt this was for the best, I also appreciated when Cassidy came back at the end to apologize as well. I didn't mind not seeing the end of the match. I kinda liked not knowing what happened after he flew off screen. However one change instead of the quick audio cut out, there should have been an audio fade out. It wouldn't have ruined anything, just the crowd cheering then getting slowly getting quite...silence...cue the boss...roll credits.
Bravo to everyone who worked on this film.