FistBiscuit

June 19, 2005

Working through my backlog of movies, I completely forgot about Cinderella Man. The problem, of course, is that the movie is completely forgettable. The true story of James Braddock, depression era boxer that makes a miraculous comeback to the top of the sport is a Seabiscuit meets Rocky fairy tale that is (theoretically) heartwarming and inspiring.

While Russell Crowe and Paul Giamatti give it a good effort, Akiva Goldsman’s script and Ron Howard’s direction are completely workmanlike. All the story points are obvious, and it rarely rises above TV-Movie quality. It’s difficult to take a true story and make it seem fake, but that’s pretty much what happened here.

Oh yeah. HE WINS. SURPRISE!!!

EDIT: Title changed to FistBiscuit. Blame Fraction.

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