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Warrior

2011

Gavin O'Connor

Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison ...

7.4

28,524

Drama. Action The youngest son (Hardy) of an alcoholic former boxer (Nolte) returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament -- a path that puts the fighter on a collision corner with his older brother (Edgerton).

	Author	Review
United States	Rex Reed The New York Observer	"Skillfully made and adrenalin-fueled, Warrior is nothing like what I expected. It overcomes inescapable boxing and martial arts clichés and leaves you thoroughly sated, energized and wanting more"	POS
United States	Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel	"'Warrior' is a straight genre picture, a fight movie of the old school. But it's a mixed martial arts tale, and as such, it's the best MMA movie ever (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"An improbably effective and affecting mix of raw emotions and exciting smackdowns"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Although Gavin O'Connor is not shy about exploiting action, he uses the full force of strong characters to give it more meaning than action alone could supply (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	"A cheap exploitation picture (...) 'Warrior' is the type of movie that tries to convince us that what we’re seeing is important"	NEG
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"'Warrior' possesses surprising poetry and finesse. Which is not to say that it is subtle (...) This movie wants to knock you out. It will."	POS
United Kingdom	Dan Jolin Empire	"It hardly rewrites the rulebook, but Warrior is a powerful, moving and brilliant sports-pic-cum-family drama. Like The Fighter, but with kicking. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Nick Schager Slant	"So gripping that, even at 139 minutes, Warrior leaves you wanting even more."	POS
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"Every time you start resisting, somehow the film makes the sale, again."	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"It is appropriately blunt, powerful and relentless, a study of male bodies in sweaty motion and masculine emotions in teary turmoil."	POS
United States	Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald	"The film is a brutally effective, insanely rousing piece of drama, with enough new wrinkles and ferocious acting to sweep you into its clutches."	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"A sports film whose promise of a more nuanced take on familiar genre tropes ends up battered and bruised."	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"'Warrior' aspires to myth. It's Cain and Abel battling it out in the face of a decidedly ungodly father before humanity goes down for the count. Strong stuff."	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"'Warrior' is a relentless, emotionally engaging family drama and underdog saga with touches of "Rocky" mixed with "The Fighter."	POS

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