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Actors: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Paddy Considine
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Cinderella Man |
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Directed by Ron Howard in 2005. In 1929, Jim Braddock is a boxer with a future but, the following months, repeating wounds prevent him from concretizing his fine start in the boxing business. The years of depression are very hard for him and his family. He must work then as a docker and loses his boxing license. Braddock accepts the help of the public welfare in order to feed his family, while, each morning, he hopes to find an employment for the day.
One day, in 1935, Joe Gould, asks him to fight one of the best American boxers on the next day. Without any trainig, Braddock unexpectedly wins. Gould manages to get from the boxing Federation Braddock's licence back and the boxer, transformed by the painful years that he lived, wins his next two fights. He must now fight the champion of the world Max Baer and all the specialists expect that Baer will butcher Braddock.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Kind of sports story:
- boxing
Sports story?
Yes
Poverty plotlets:
- coping with poverty (general)
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- boxing
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) muscular
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) muscular
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- sports arena
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
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