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A bland, dumbed-down package of sports cliches.
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A miscast Ryan struggles with a Detroit accent and a script that goes nowhere. Feb 26, 2004 | Rating: 1/4
A miscast Ryan struggles with a Detroit accent and a script that goes nowhere.
Peter Travers
What could have been a Working Girl hoot gets mired in redundant assertions of Kallen's feistiness. Feb 24, 2004 | Full Review…
What could have been a Working Girl hoot gets mired in redundant assertions of Kallen's feistiness.
Laura Sinagra
Somewhere along the way, I found myself enjoying Against the Ropes, not in spite of my better judgment, but because something in the movie defies the whole notion of better judgment altogether. Feb 21, 2004
Somewhere along the way, I found myself enjoying Against the Ropes, not in spite of my better judgment, but because something in the movie defies the whole notion of better judgment altogether.
Stephanie Zacharek
So anemic you should probably order iron supplements with your popcorn, its plot so predictable it makes falling dominoes seem like a white-knuckle thrill ride. Feb 20, 2004
So anemic you should probably order iron supplements with your popcorn, its plot so predictable it makes falling dominoes seem like a white-knuckle thrill ride.
Michael O'Sullivan
A boilerplate melodrama whose good guys and bad guys are so baldly drawn they could have been conceived by Friz Freleng. Feb 20, 2004
A boilerplate melodrama whose good guys and bad guys are so baldly drawn they could have been conceived by Friz Freleng.
Ann Hornaday
Bathos wrapped in a formulaic screenplay bolstered with cliches, not only about the boxing world but about tough women and the men who hate them. Feb 20, 2004 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Bathos wrapped in a formulaic screenplay bolstered with cliches, not only about the boxing world but about tough women and the men who hate them.
Susan Walker
This is pulpy, unforgivable stuff, as ungainly as Ryan's walk in her black high heels. Dec 13, 2017 | Full Review…
This is pulpy, unforgivable stuff, as ungainly as Ryan's walk in her black high heels.
Antonia Quirke
Uninspired tale feels like a made-for-TV movie. Sep 9, 2010 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Uninspired tale feels like a made-for-TV movie.
Nell Minow
An inoffensively average, formulaic entertainment with a marketing-problematic point of view. Dec 28, 2008 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
An inoffensively average, formulaic entertainment with a marketing-problematic point of view.
Michael Dequina
It's hard to expect anyone to infuse much passion into a "by-the-numbers" boxing movie which telegraphs every punch. Apr 25, 2007 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
It's hard to expect anyone to infuse much passion into a "by-the-numbers" boxing movie which telegraphs every punch.
Kam Williams
Against the Ropes may not deliver a knock-out, but it does land some pretty good blows. Sep 1, 2006 | Rating: 2.5/4
Against the Ropes may not deliver a knock-out, but it does land some pretty good blows.
Peter T. Chattaway
It's one thing to make a predictable Hollywood movie. It's another thing to make a predictable Hollywood movie based on a fascinating life. Jun 4, 2004 | Rating: 2/4
It's one thing to make a predictable Hollywood movie. It's another thing to make a predictable Hollywood movie based on a fascinating life.
Forrest Hartman
quite a hated movie! although it isnt original its not a terrible movie and is quite a good movie, it kept me entertained and interested in the movie and i thought it was pretty interesting. I enjoyed the story and its based on real events as well and i enjoyed the acting and writting of the script i think the movie showed how men are predujice and sexist when a women does a supposed male job that no women should do, and i think it projected that across brilliantly i really enjoyed the movie. Meg Ryan is brilliant and so is omar epps i love tony shalhoub in this hes brilliant as the horrible trainer businessman. Meg Ryan pays a women whose bossed about and finally gets the chances to take on a fighter for boxing but she takes a risk with an unsuspeciting surprise that turns to be a huge bonus, but will the fame get to her and will she continue to have the fighters best interests at heart? Funny in places and keeps you entertained and a real good emotional journey through the life of a women who gets everything good movie!
Super Reviewer
Hilarious
Interesting. Not original but it was okay.
Good bit comedy, but filled drama in fight film with my one of favourite beautiful actresses, Meg Ryan. Interesting inspired tale by the life of Jackie Kallen, the most successful female manager in the world of boxing.
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