Wallace Beery, one of the finest actors In Hollywood, plays the co-starring role with Jackie. It is a real treat for film fans to see the two together.

Full Review | Dec 8, 2020

The Champ may be hokum. but if so it's the sort of hokum that this old world of ours loves -- and needs.

Full Review | Dec 8, 2020

Perhaps The Champ is the old Stella Dallas recipe for film-making, perhaps It is overstressjd in its emotion, perhaps it is slow and even dull in the opening reels but the punch of the finish is terrific.

Full Review | Dec 8, 2020

Not in the history of talkies was weeping so profuse and so enjoyable as at this premiere of The Champ, a production which combines the amazing talents of little Jackie Cooper with the superb histrionics of big Wallace Beery.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 8, 2020

Utterly false and thoroughly convincing, The Champ is a monument to the cinema's skill in achieving second-rate perfection.

Full Review | Dec 8, 2020

This picture is a further example of clever acting saving the day, for there is little in this narrative of horse racing and pugilistic bouts that possesses much akin to originality.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 31, 2012

A good picture, almost entirely by virtue of an inspired performance by a boy, Jackie Cooper.

Full Review | Jan 31, 2012