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Makes too many concessions to the Hollywood judges, pulls too many punches.
The Fighter is so muscularly and tenderly good because it trains its eye on the matches that take place between kin.
A great boxing movie, a great film about family. Gritty, thrilling, inspirational. Deserves multiple Oscar nominations.
It's audacious, it's fun, it's rowdy, and it's just twisted enough to always be interesting. Beyond that, it's one of the year's best acting showcases and likely to grab multiple Oscar nominations.
Only Amy Adams, playing Micky's tough-tender girlfriend Charlene, manages to be convincingly working-class without seeming either dopey or rabid or strung-out.
A tough, bare-knuckled, compassionate meditation on every family's rope-a-dope between tribal bonds and self-definition. Both, it turns out, are worth going to the mat for.
'The Fighter' isn't revolutionary, but Russell's tweaking of the formula and stellar work by the actors, especially Bale, elevate it above many of its peers.
a tale told with the deft precision of a talented filmmaker and the enthusiasm of a lead who cares about his subject.
An excellent cast highlights this stirring boxing drama.
While the crowd cheered, I didn't want Micky to win the fight. I wanted somebody ... to come along and rescue him from his family's ignorance.
Russell delivers what we least expect from him: a pro-family film.
The Fighter deftly manages to be equal parts character drama and sports film without giving short shrift to either. Containing a couple of the best performances of the year it is in turn harrowing and heartwarming.
fitting tribute to a real-life Rocky featuring inspired performances not only by Oscar-winners Christian Bale and Melissa Leo but by Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams as well.
...rises above the run-of-the-mill inspirational sports stories we usually find on the big screen. (Blu-ray Combo Edition)
...a boxing movie for people who couldn't care less about boxing.
Más que una película sobre boxeo, un drama familiar sobre dos hermanos diferentes, una madre dominante y una posibilidad de redención y éxito. El show se lo roban Christian Bale y Melissa Leo con dos de las mejores interpretaciones del año.
The Fighter proves that the boxing movie still has life. It also underlines just what a distinctive actor Bale has become.
Christian Bale - reduced lately to whispering solemnity in the likes of Dark Knight and Terminator Salvation - gets to really cut loose with Dicky in a performance that is sure to give Geoffrey Rush a run for his money on Oscar night.
The ring action in The Fighter is bruising enough, but it's the drama outside the ropes that will leave you reeling.
With a clutch of Oscar nominations, including nods for Bale, Adams and Leo, The Fighter is a serious contender that connects powerfully.
Both Wahlberg and Bale are excellent in their different registers, as are Melissa Leo and Amy Adams as the differently calibrated women.
Predictable, but solid enough.
We grow to respect each character's perceptions and forgive their faults, allowing them to win us over in a jubilant finale - a far cry from the schmaltzy The Blind Side.
As atuações grandiosas e marcantes só funcionam por serem ancoradas pela performance centrada e discreta do sempre subestimado Mark Wahlberg.
Bale, looking rail-thin and wideeyed, has the Oscar nomination and Golden Globe win, but it's Wahlberg who's the more memorable in a less showy role.
Wahlberg, always so physically solid, is deep inside himself in this role.
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