Cinderella Man

Joe Thorn and I watched a truly great movie tonight.  Cinderella Man with Russell Crowe is about a man who can take a punch inside and outside the ring.  Not only is he his kids' hero but he's also the champion of his wife's heart.  As a husband and father, the movie resonated with me like few others.

You will rarely see a movie so well made and acted, and that so effectively grabs your emotions.  You leave wanting to endure adversity in such a remarkable way.

Read Joe's review.

Comments

[Jennifer Arnold]

Good review, I can't wait to see it. Liking the site by the way... although it could use some hot pink.

[Steve McCoy]

Thanks Jennifer. Joe said he was going to change his site to hot pink, so be sure to ask him about that.

[Scot McKnight]

Steve,
Kris and I just got back from Cinderella Man. We both really liked it, though Kris ducked from seeing some of those punches. Quite a good story, really. Small, down-and-outter who makes it big by sticking to his principles and working hard. Lots of stuff in the movie. We always like Zellwegger, too.

[Steve McCoy]

Zellwegger was great. All around fantastic movie, really. Now, Batman and War of the Worlds. :)

[Matt]

Anyone read Jeffrey Overstreet's comments on this movie at Lookingcloser.org or CT? He was highly critical of certain aspects. I was wondering what others thought.

[Joe Thorn]

I just read it. My thoughts are he has way too much to say about the movie. lol.

[Steve McCoy]

He sounds like he's trying too hard to say something, and ends up being wrong. I understand his critiques, but he says...

"So this is the lesson of Cinderella Man, in a nutshell: A real man will go for the gold, and win it on his own strength, even if it puts his wife and family at risk, because a real man knows that--no matter what the odds--he shouldn't be a quitter."

I think he has missed the point of the movie.

[Matt]

I normally love Overstreet's reveiws, but I think he has some sort of aversion to violence on all levels. And I'm not suggesting that the mark of a man is his ability to beat people up, but I wouldn't harp on it the way he does in this case.