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The Fighter

2010

David O. Russell

Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo ...

7.2

46,594

Drama THE FIGHTER is the inspirational, true story in the mid 1980s of two brothers who, against all the odds, come together to train for a historic title bout that will unite their fractured family, redeem their pasts and, at last, give their hard-luck town what it's been waiting for: pride. The story unfolds on the gritty, blue-collar streets of Lowell, Massachusetts, where Dicky (Christian Bale) was once known as "The Pride of Lowell" ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The Fighter, its heart full to bursting, is an emotional powerhouse that comes close to spilling over. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"With solid bodywork, clever feints and tremendous heart, it scores at least a TKO, by which I mean both that it falls just short of overpowering greatness (...) the most impressive thing about it is technique"	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Bale is astounding (...) giving probably the best performance of his career. (...) One of the year's best films. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"You’re outside the ring, not inside. So like much of this film, the viewer is turned into an observer. You never feel close enough to the action (...) The characters engage you up to a point but never really pull you in"	NEU
United Kingdom	Adam Smith Empire	"Might tread the well-worn route of almost every sports movie before it, but two very different but equally powerful performances combine to deliver an exhilarating fight-flick (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)"	POS

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