2010 · drama · biography · sport
The Fighter
Directed by David O. Russell1h 56m2010
Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.
Our read: The Fighter (2010) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · biography · sport entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / biography, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- intense
- redemptive
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How The Fighter feels to watch.
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