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Cinderella Man movie review & film summary (2005)
Advertisement. "Cinderella Man" is a terrific boxing picture, but there's no great need for another one. The need it fills is for a full-length portrait of a good man. Most serious movies live in a world of cynicism and irony, and most good-hearted movie characters live in bad movies. Here is a movie where a good man prevails in a world where ...
Cinderella Man
Movie Info. During the Great Depression, ex-boxer James J. Braddock (Russell Crowe) works as a day laborer until his former manager Joe Gould (Paul Giamatti) offers him a one-time slot against a ...
Cinderella Man (2005)
Permalink. 7/10. Simple crowd pleaser. Chris_Docker 31 August 2005. Cinderella Man is the story of a Depression-era boxer and American hero Jim Braddock, but it contains enough love interest, family interest, and great-champion-of-the-people interest to satisfy most Saturday night out filmgoers.
Cinderella Man (2005)
Cinderella Man: Directed by Ron Howard. With Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko. The true story of James J. Braddock, a supposedly washed-up boxer, who returned to the spotlight to win the heavyweight championship of the world.
Cinderella Man
Cinderella Man plays like a movie actively hunting for awards. But it's also a pretty darn good story. Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 16, 2009. David Ansen Newsweek. TOP CRITIC. Howard ...
Cinderella Man Movie Review
Our review: Parents say ( 7 ): Kids say ( 9 ): Both heartening and formulaic, this boxing saga is buoyed by Russell Crowe's often remarkable performance. Based on the true story of James Braddock, Ron Howard's CINDERELLA MAN paints him as an inspiring, utterly sincere and admirable underdog. While Jim is surrounded by supporting types played by ...
Cinderella Man
The movie begins in 1928 with 23-year-old Jim Braddock (Russell Crowe) returning to his pleasant, detached frame house in New Jersey, his loving wife Mae (Renee Zellweger) and three small kids ...
Cinderella Man (2005)
The film is most significantly about puzzled people trying to comprehend the cosmic reversal of fortune that was the Depression. They don't have much more than raw courage and simple virtues to rely on. Unlike most period pieces, Cinderella Man encourages us to fondly recall not songs or clothes but values we have largely mislaid.
Cinderella Man
Cinderella Man - Metacritic. 2005. PG-13. Universal Pictures. 2 h 24 m. Summary In the middle of the Great Depression, when an America in the grips of a devastating economic downturn was nearly brought to its knees, there came along a most unlikely hero who had crowds cheering on their feet as he proved just how hard a man would fight to win a ...
Cinderella Man
Cinderella Man is a 2005 American biographical sports drama film directed by Ron Howard.The film stars Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger and Paul Giamatti.It tells the true story of heavyweight boxing champion James J. Braddock, who was dubbed "The Cinderella Man" by journalist Damon Runyon.This is the second collaboration for Howard and Crowe, the first being A Beautiful Mind (2001).
'Cinderella Man'
A classic film of American history presented with peak professionalism from all involved, Cinderella Man still remains a film that must be seen. If you're looking for capable boxing fare in the wait for Creed 2, Ron Howard's Cinderella Man is definitely worth a watch. The film stars Russell Crowe as James Braddock, a once up-and-coming ...
Cinderella Man critic reviews
Cinderella Man is ostensibly the kind of old-fashioned drama that sends audiences home with a satisfied glow. But like so many of Howard's movies, there's something canned and phony about it -- it left me feeling cooked and dehydrated, as if I'd fallen asleep on a tanning bed. By Stephanie Zacharek FULL REVIEW.
Cinderella Man (2005)
Cinderella Man (2005) When promising light heavyweight Jimmy Braddock (Russell Crowe) goes home after winning the bout at the top of Ron Howard's Cinderella Man, the congratulatory air of celebration surrounding him evaporates as he stands with a hangdog expression before his silent wife (Renée Zellweger). 2005, Universal. Directed by Ron ...
Cinderella Man
Violent Content. As expected in a movie about a boxer, Cinderella Man is full of punches—hard punches. Whether it's with an uppercut shown in slow motion or the thud of a grimace-inducing shot to the ribs, director Ron Howard makes sure viewers really feel every landed blow. And for reality's sake, he tosses in plenty of bloodied noses, split eyebrows, swollen eyes and an occasional ...
Cinderella Man
Cinderella Man is the story of James J. Braddock, a rising star in the light heavyweight boxing ring during the late 1920s. His rise up the ranks is coldly halted as the stock market crash of 1929 ...
Cinderella Man
Cinderella Man (United States, 2005) A movie review by James Berardinelli. ... Cinderella Man is a decent 105-minute movie that has been stretched to fill nearly 2 1/2 hours. One non-boxing scene stands out as being worth the celluloid it was printed on. When he reaches rock bottom, Jim faces the possibility of having to send his children to ...
"Cinderella Man" Review
The Independent Critic offers movie reviews, interviews, film festival coverage, a short film archive and The Compassion Archive by award-winning activist and writer Richard Propes. ... it was a good choice for the overall film. "Cinderella Man" is an inspirational story and received recognition at Indy's Heartland Film Festival this past year ...
Cinderella Man
DVD features include addtional release material, deleted scenes with commentary by director Ron Howard, Feature Commentary with director Ron Howard aand writers Akiva Goldsman and Cliff Hollingsworth, and the featurettes "The Fight Card: Casting Cinderella Man," "The Man, The Movie, the Legend: a Film Making Journey," "For the Record: A History In Boxing," "Jim Braddock: the Friends & Family ...
Cinderella Man
"Cinderella Man" is solid commercial filmmaking and 2005's first obvious Oscar contender. It's a meat and potatoes paean to American perseverance. B+ DVD: Presented in its original 2:35:1 aspect ratio, the film holds up well on the smaller screen and is every bit as engaging a second (and third) time around.
Everything Cinderella Man Doesn't Tell You About The True Story
Ron Howard's 2005 crowd-pleaser "Cinderella Man" tells the true story of James J. Braddock (Russell Crowe), an up-and-coming boxer in the 1920s whose career hits a series of setbacks; by the mid ...
Film Review
Film Review - Cinderella Man (2005) Posted on August 12, 2019 August 9, 2021 by Niall. Cinderella Man is the true story of James Braddock a once promising boxer during the Great Depression who's turned into a stepping stone, taking fights for the paycheck in between working shifts on the dockyard just to put food on the table for his kids ...
Cinderella Man Movie Review for Parents
The most recent home video release of Cinderella Man movie is December 5, 2005. Here are some details… DVD Release: 6 December 2005. Get front row seats to Cinderella Man in your choice of widescreen, full screen or a 2-disc Collector's Edition. The first two choices provide commentaries with director Ron Howard, writer Akiva Goldsman and ...
Cinderella movie review & film summary (2021)
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Advertisement. "Cinderella Man" is a terrific boxing picture, but there's no great need for another one. The need it fills is for a full-length portrait of a good man. Most serious movies live in a world of cynicism and irony, and most good-hearted movie characters live in bad movies. Here is a movie where a good man prevails in a world where ...
Movie Info. During the Great Depression, ex-boxer James J. Braddock (Russell Crowe) works as a day laborer until his former manager Joe Gould (Paul Giamatti) offers him a one-time slot against a ...
Permalink. 7/10. Simple crowd pleaser. Chris_Docker 31 August 2005. Cinderella Man is the story of a Depression-era boxer and American hero Jim Braddock, but it contains enough love interest, family interest, and great-champion-of-the-people interest to satisfy most Saturday night out filmgoers.
Cinderella Man: Directed by Ron Howard. With Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko. The true story of James J. Braddock, a supposedly washed-up boxer, who returned to the spotlight to win the heavyweight championship of the world.
Cinderella Man plays like a movie actively hunting for awards. But it's also a pretty darn good story. Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 16, 2009. David Ansen Newsweek. TOP CRITIC. Howard ...
Our review: Parents say ( 7 ): Kids say ( 9 ): Both heartening and formulaic, this boxing saga is buoyed by Russell Crowe's often remarkable performance. Based on the true story of James Braddock, Ron Howard's CINDERELLA MAN paints him as an inspiring, utterly sincere and admirable underdog. While Jim is surrounded by supporting types played by ...
The movie begins in 1928 with 23-year-old Jim Braddock (Russell Crowe) returning to his pleasant, detached frame house in New Jersey, his loving wife Mae (Renee Zellweger) and three small kids ...
The film is most significantly about puzzled people trying to comprehend the cosmic reversal of fortune that was the Depression. They don't have much more than raw courage and simple virtues to rely on. Unlike most period pieces, Cinderella Man encourages us to fondly recall not songs or clothes but values we have largely mislaid.
Cinderella Man - Metacritic. 2005. PG-13. Universal Pictures. 2 h 24 m. Summary In the middle of the Great Depression, when an America in the grips of a devastating economic downturn was nearly brought to its knees, there came along a most unlikely hero who had crowds cheering on their feet as he proved just how hard a man would fight to win a ...
Cinderella Man is a 2005 American biographical sports drama film directed by Ron Howard.The film stars Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger and Paul Giamatti.It tells the true story of heavyweight boxing champion James J. Braddock, who was dubbed "The Cinderella Man" by journalist Damon Runyon.This is the second collaboration for Howard and Crowe, the first being A Beautiful Mind (2001).
A classic film of American history presented with peak professionalism from all involved, Cinderella Man still remains a film that must be seen. If you're looking for capable boxing fare in the wait for Creed 2, Ron Howard's Cinderella Man is definitely worth a watch. The film stars Russell Crowe as James Braddock, a once up-and-coming ...
Cinderella Man is ostensibly the kind of old-fashioned drama that sends audiences home with a satisfied glow. But like so many of Howard's movies, there's something canned and phony about it -- it left me feeling cooked and dehydrated, as if I'd fallen asleep on a tanning bed. By Stephanie Zacharek FULL REVIEW.
Cinderella Man (2005) When promising light heavyweight Jimmy Braddock (Russell Crowe) goes home after winning the bout at the top of Ron Howard's Cinderella Man, the congratulatory air of celebration surrounding him evaporates as he stands with a hangdog expression before his silent wife (Renée Zellweger). 2005, Universal. Directed by Ron ...
Violent Content. As expected in a movie about a boxer, Cinderella Man is full of punches—hard punches. Whether it's with an uppercut shown in slow motion or the thud of a grimace-inducing shot to the ribs, director Ron Howard makes sure viewers really feel every landed blow. And for reality's sake, he tosses in plenty of bloodied noses, split eyebrows, swollen eyes and an occasional ...
Cinderella Man is the story of James J. Braddock, a rising star in the light heavyweight boxing ring during the late 1920s. His rise up the ranks is coldly halted as the stock market crash of 1929 ...
Cinderella Man (United States, 2005) A movie review by James Berardinelli. ... Cinderella Man is a decent 105-minute movie that has been stretched to fill nearly 2 1/2 hours. One non-boxing scene stands out as being worth the celluloid it was printed on. When he reaches rock bottom, Jim faces the possibility of having to send his children to ...
The Independent Critic offers movie reviews, interviews, film festival coverage, a short film archive and The Compassion Archive by award-winning activist and writer Richard Propes. ... it was a good choice for the overall film. "Cinderella Man" is an inspirational story and received recognition at Indy's Heartland Film Festival this past year ...
DVD features include addtional release material, deleted scenes with commentary by director Ron Howard, Feature Commentary with director Ron Howard aand writers Akiva Goldsman and Cliff Hollingsworth, and the featurettes "The Fight Card: Casting Cinderella Man," "The Man, The Movie, the Legend: a Film Making Journey," "For the Record: A History In Boxing," "Jim Braddock: the Friends & Family ...
"Cinderella Man" is solid commercial filmmaking and 2005's first obvious Oscar contender. It's a meat and potatoes paean to American perseverance. B+ DVD: Presented in its original 2:35:1 aspect ratio, the film holds up well on the smaller screen and is every bit as engaging a second (and third) time around.
Ron Howard's 2005 crowd-pleaser "Cinderella Man" tells the true story of James J. Braddock (Russell Crowe), an up-and-coming boxer in the 1920s whose career hits a series of setbacks; by the mid ...
Film Review - Cinderella Man (2005) Posted on August 12, 2019 August 9, 2021 by Niall. Cinderella Man is the true story of James Braddock a once promising boxer during the Great Depression who's turned into a stepping stone, taking fights for the paycheck in between working shifts on the dockyard just to put food on the table for his kids ...
The most recent home video release of Cinderella Man movie is December 5, 2005. Here are some details… DVD Release: 6 December 2005. Get front row seats to Cinderella Man in your choice of widescreen, full screen or a 2-disc Collector's Edition. The first two choices provide commentaries with director Ron Howard, writer Akiva Goldsman and ...
Cinderella has survived a lot over the years, first the wicked stepmother and the midnight curfew and then hundreds of versions and adaptations in books, on television, and in film, undertaken by just about everyone, including Walt Disney, Julie Andrews, Jerry Lewis, Drew Barrymore, Anne Hathaway, and Rodgers and Hammerstein.She is going to survive this tricked-up version, too, a mish-mash of ...
'Monkey Man' Review: Dev Patel Directs and Stars in an Audacious, at Times Awkward Mashup of Action Film and Slumdog Fable Reviewed at SXSW (Headliner), March 11, 2024. MPA Rating: R. Running ...