Cinderella Man

It's not very often anymore that I get really sucked into movies. You know, the feeling where you're on the edge of your chair? Well I wasn't actually sitting on a chair. I was sitting on my floor leaning against a pillow thing butted up against my bed. Anyways, this movie definitely kept my interest. Russell Crowe portrays the legendary boxer, Jim Braddock, in this film and does an amazing job. I don't care what you have to say about this man's personal life, he just does awesome at playing historic fictional and nonfictional characters. Look at movies like Gladiator, L.A. Confidential, A Beautiful Mind or Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Even the not well known film Romper Stomper is a great performance. This guy can act. Renée Zellweger and Paul Giamatti round the cast out. I was also surprised to see Paddy Considine, from In America and Bruce McGill, who always seems able to play serious parts. This movie is also pretty clean, which can be hard to find these days. It ranks in at a PG-13 which is mostly for the violence of the boxing matches. If you're into good boxing movies you might want to also check out Raging Bull which is about the life of Jake LaMotta. The Hurricane is about Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter and how he was injustly imprisioned and later on freed. Million Dollar Baby is another good movie, but it's not about anybody real to my knowledge.