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Drama 116 min R
Rotten Tomatoes91%Metacritic79IMDb
Every dream deserves a fighting chance.
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.
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Resolved, character-led, effortless and spare.
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This tale of a boxer's Rocky-like ascent is an affecting study of the pain caused by dysfunctional families
Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale are brothers in the new David O. Russell film “The Fighter.”
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