There are enough such moments, thanks mainly to the actors, to make Price of Glory worth the price of a ticket. The conviction of those who made it overcomes some pretty blatant cliches.
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Price of Glory (2000)
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Reviews Counted:56
Fresh:18
Rotten:38
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: Weak script and predictable story undermines the intensity of the film.
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: PRICE OF GLORY tells the uplifting story of Arturo Ortega (Jimmy Smits), a former boxer who lost his chance at glory when a greedy promoter pushed him into the ring prematurely. Still reeling from... [More]
Starring: Jimmy Smits, Jon Seda, Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez, Ernesto Hernandez
Director: Carlos Avila
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Reviews for Price of Glory
For boxing fans, it's a must see; and a solid video rental down the road for most everyone else.
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A by -the- numbers scenario that doesn't take its characters and fighters to that higher level.
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Top CriticThe sense that Berger ... brought the sport to the table while Avila made the family element flesh is probably accurate. But the twain meet often enough to create sparks.
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The specificity of Glory's setting and the ethnicity of its characters enrich the story without moving it one iota away from a mainstream frame of reference.
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Top CriticAs a piece of entertainment the film is quite nicely put together.
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As the film unspools to the final reels, building to a predictable resolution with yet another kinetic, well-filmed fight sequence, it's hard not to be absorbed by the story of the Fighting Ortegas.
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Absent the excitement generated by the powerful theater speakers as they pound out the Latino music, what we have is not much more than a made -for- TV film.
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Directing newcomer Carlos Avila doesn't always generate the emotional impact the drama deserves; it has the look and feel of a nondescript television film.
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Top CriticEverything is spelled out with thudding obviousness until the film's one stab at originality - a Latino family at its center - is KO'd, too.
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Top CriticIt may know what it's supposed to do to succeed, but is too flat-footed, throws too many weak punches, and telegraphs most every move to the point that it will never have a chance of being seen as a champion.
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Very obvious, very earnest and a little overwrought.
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Top CriticNot particularly well acted, it overstays its welcome and proves simultaneously predictable as a sports film and unconvincing as family drama.
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Cliches fly faster than fists in Price of Glory, an old-fashioned boxing movie that can't really go the distance.
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