You can't help but root for Asanee's troubled character, in and out of the ring.
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02/25/05
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Beautiful Boxer (2005)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:27
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6.6/10
Theatrical Release:Jan 21, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Based on the true story of Thailand's famed transgender kickboxer, Beautiful Boxer is a poignant action drama that punches straight into the heart and mind of a boy who fights like a man can become... [More]
Starring: Asanee Suwan, Sorapong Chatree, Orn-Anong Panyawong, Kyoko Inoue
Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham
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Reviews for Beautiful Boxer
Though a bit long and occasionally awkward, this drama ultimately does justice to its inspiration.
02/25/05
A rare hybrid: an underdog sports picture that's also a transgender fairy tale.
02/24/05
'He fights like a man so he can become a woman,' reads the ad, but Uekrongtham's restrained film is neither as lurid nor as kitschy as the tagline portends.
02/24/05
Top Critic... is a magical vision of the ring of the imagination, where anything is possible if the top of the seemingly impossible staircase of self acceptance can be reached.
02/24/05
It seems some fences just can't be painlessly straddled -- no matter how much clearance your plastic surgeon provides.
02/22/05
Though the plot itself is a little too familiar in structure -- triumph over adversity, yadda, yadda, yadda -- it's heartfelt and true and never sacrifices its characters on the altar of gimmickry.
02/18/05
One cannot help but be in this winning champion's corner.
02/18/05
In the depth of its insight Beautiful Boxer in its unique way is as accomplished as any classic boxing movie, such as Body and Soul, Champion, The Set-Up, Rocky or even Raging Bull.
02/17/05
Top CriticPolished, ultimately unfulfilling film.
02/17/05
A beautifully shot chronicle of the trials, tribulations and watery makeup days that face all transvestites trying to earn the cash for their transgender surgery while labouring in Thailand’s kick boxing industry.
02/15/05
An exquisite paradox, a tale of sublime beauty masquerading behind the front of a vicious fighter.
02/15/05
It's too long and simplistic for the slight story it tells.
02/11/05
Rich with insight and cinematic style and beauty, the film tells a uniquely moving and inspiring story.
02/10/05
The birth of Parinya’s gender struggle is Freudian to the nth degree, but the confusion is evoked as a magical-realist pageantry of clashing cultural and sexual signifiers.
02/06/05
A sweetly entertaining but bland biopic.
01/25/05
Ekachai Uekrongtham imbues Toom's story with great tenderness, lush visuals and fierce physicality.
01/21/05
Top CriticThere is only so much dichotomy one can show between brutal fights and caviar dreams, and the repetition becomes tiresome.
01/21/05
Top CriticA decent film that nonetheless fails to make the most of its fascinating subject matter.
01/21/05
Compelling,
01/15/05
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