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The Fighter centers on the life of professional boxer Micky Ward and his older half-brother Dicky Eklund who helps train him before going pro in the mid 1980s as well as get him to the top.
28 February 1969, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
11 May 1987, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA
5 February 1968, New York City, New York, USA
2 May 1975, California, USA
April1974, Jerusalem, Israel
9 May 1957, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
20 November 1972, Redlands, California, USA
9 May 1974, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
7 July 1944, Bottom Creek, West Virginia, USA
October 07, 2015
But while this was amusing in a comedic or satiric context, it backfires in a dramatic narrative in which the protagonist should warrant our sympathies.
December 17, 2010
The Fighter is so muscularly and tenderly good because it trains its eye on the matches that take place between kin.
December 17, 2010
A great boxing movie, a great film about family. Gritty, thrilling, inspirational. Deserves multiple Oscar nominations.
February 02, 2011
A flawed, frequently ludicrous but overwhelmingly likeable film, old-school to the core and none the worse for it.
December 17, 2010
It's audacious, it's fun, it's rowdy, and it's just twisted enough to always be interesting. Beyond that, it's one of the year's best acting showcases and likely to grab multiple Oscar nominations.
August 11, 2013
Superb performances and a well told story make The Fighter one of the year's best films.
June 30, 2013
Driven by great performances and great characters, this drama is a must-see.
May 09, 2015
Blue-collar Bostonian has replaced Southern redneck as Hollywood's white-trash signifier of choice.
July 19, 2015
Russell walks a narrow line between laughing with the family and laughing at them, but the film never crosses over into parody.
January 16, 2013
Acting for the silver screen doesn't get more raw, moving or accomplished than what you see in "The Fighter," that rare film in which every performer in it leaves the viewer in awe.
December 17, 2010
Makes too many concessions to the Hollywood judges, pulls too many punches.
December 17, 2010
Only Amy Adams, playing Micky's tough-tender girlfriend Charlene, manages to be convincingly working-class without seeming either dopey or rabid or strung-out.
