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Shiner

Shiner (2000)

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A minor-league criminal suddenly finds himself in deep trouble in this thriller. Billy "Shiner" Simpson (Michael Caine) is a man who has spent much of his life making a living by skirting the law, but he thinks he may finally have a legitimate path to the big time managing his son Eddie (Matthew Marsden), an up-and-coming boxer nicknamed "Golden Boy." Eddie is set to fight an American champion in a prizefight, and Billy is convinced Eddie can't lose. Even after Billy's daughter Georgie (Frances

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Aug 20, 2002

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It's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable, and Shiner, starring Michael Caine as an aging British boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune, is certainly that.

May 4, 2002 Full Review Source: Toronto Star
Toronto Star
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An ambitious movie that, like Shiner's organizing of the big fight, pulls off enough of its effects to make up for the ones that don't come off.

May 3, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail
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Shiner can certainly go the distance, but isn't world championship material.

May 17, 2003 Full Review Source: Eye for Film
Eye for Film

A tough and uncompromising drama about a boxing promoter betrayed by his family, Shiner may not totally succeed in its story outcome, but it is worth seeing for Michael Caine's devastatingly powerful and vulnerable performance alone.

May 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile
Urban Cinefile

Lacks heart, depth and, most of all, purpose.

November 2, 2002 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide
Apollo Guide

This DVD has some punch, but it ain't a knock-out.

October 26, 2002 Full Review Source: Eye for Film
Eye for Film

The movie is so unrelentingly downbeat, it's no wonder its distributor thought it would never find an audience.

September 6, 2002
Movie Metropolis

(Caine) proves once again he hasn't lost his touch, bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film.

September 6, 2002
Movie Metropolis

For all its violence, the movie is remarkably dull with only Caine making much of an impression.

August 20, 2002 Full Review Source: Internet Reviews
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A waste of fearless purity in the acting craft.

May 4, 2002 Full Review Source: Jam! Movies
Jam! Movies

Audience Reviews for Shiner

"I've never watched a movie with Michael Caine that I haven't at least liked. But I guess that streak ends with this film. I didn't like any of it. I was bored. There was no real action. The plot is weak. The acting is sloppy. Michael's character wasn't one bit likeable, which made it even easier to dislike this film. I was expecting some kind of mob action and got a petty fight promoter who is banking all his families money on his son, "The Golden Boy". I just couldn't wait for it to be over with. It didn't turn out to be what I was hoping for. Which was a good suspense-action-thriller."
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A first-rate hard-boiled brutal British crime drama, where Sir Michael Caine delivers a intense and powerful performance, as Billy "Shiner" Simpson a gangster/boxing promoter with serious money and legal problems, who bets everything in a make-or-break title fight, between his terrified 20-year-old son and a American boxer of vastly superior ability, when his son loses, Shiner concludes that someone forced his son to throw the fight. Before Shiner can talk to his son, he is shot right in front of him, by some unknown and unseen person. Shiner now seeks revenge, and will stop at nothing to find who is responsible for his son's death. A fascinating character study of a paranoid, bullying, ego-driven man, who can't accept that his problems are all self made. Fine direction by John Irvin, with superlative supporting performances by Martin Landau, Frances Barber, Claire Rushbrook, Andy Serkis, Gary Lewis, Danny Wedd and Kenneth Cranham. A grim tale worth seeing for Caine's show stopping performance. Highly Recommended.
October 2, 2010
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