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Cinderella Man (2005)

PG-13 06/02/2005 Romance, Drama, History 2h 24m
76%
User
Score
8.0/10
80%
69/100

One man's extraordinary fight to save the family he loved.

Overview

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.

Cliff Hollingsworth

Screenplay

Ron Howard

Director

Akiva Goldsman

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe

Jim Braddock

Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger

Mae Braddock

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

Joe Gould

Craig Bierko

Craig Bierko

Max Baer

Paddy Considine

Paddy Considine

Mike Wilson

Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill

Jimmy Johnston

David Huband

David Huband

Ford Bond

Connor Price

Connor Price

Jay Braddock

Ariel Waller

Ariel Waller

Rosemarie Braddock

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Media

Cinderella Man - Official® Trailer [HD]

Cinderella Man - Official® Trailer [HD]

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Reviews

A review by Andres Gomez

Written on March 21, 2016

The stereotypical sports movie about a character which goes from glory to hell and back to the glory again.

The story is OK, but nothing new. Crowe performs well, but it is not one of his best movies. Giamatti is great, as always but Zellwegger is too cheesy in her role.

Just an entertaining movie without any more intentions....

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A review by Peter McGinn

Written on May 21, 2021

This is a fine boxing movie, one that relies more on the fighter’s personal story than endless scenes of boxing brutality. James Braddock’s final rise to the championship was an inspirational example during the lull in between the headline-grabbing reigns of Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis, when the heavyweight title changed hands several times.

My only complaint with Ron Howard’s film was its portrayal of Max Baer, the champion Braddock defeated to win the title. For dramatic purposes, they changed his personality and made him into a bullying, vicious person, to the point of making a crude comment about Braddock’s wife. They needed a bad guy so they made one.

I became interested in Max Baer when I was a teen and read a lot about him over the decades. He was fierce when he meant ...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on February 21, 2025

Once Jim Braddock (Russell Crowe) breaks his hand in a fight, he discovers that his previously reasonably successful life in the ring has come to an end - and that puts him, wife “Mae” (Renée Zellweger) and their kids on skid row. He’s gone from making $8,000 from a fight to ferreting around the docks looking for work and taking state welfare funds so they can keep their children in their now electricity-free apartment. Then serendipity takes an hand as his former manager Joe Gould (Paul Giamatti) arranges a last-minute fight for him that might garner a meagre $250. It’s not a fight he’s expected to fare well in, but against the odds he triumphs and that enables Gould to engage with his former backer Jimmy Johnston (Bruce McGill) and that could, ultimately, lead to a world title...

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