2007 · drama · sports
Resurrecting the Champ
Directed by Rod Lurie1h 52m2007
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
Our read: Resurrecting the Champ (2007) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · sports entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, gentle drama / sports, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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