Cinderella Man

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Apr 19, 2019 A heart intensifying story about Howard Jim Haddock and his fight against Baer for the world title. This movie offers some of the greatest implied messages of being a man and fighting for your family and what you believe in. Russell Crowe did not falter in portraying the unbreakable determination that this fighter had. I was definitely entranced by how steadfast he was, how he didn't back down, and how it seemed like he could read his opponents like a book. Haddock had certainly fell to a miserable low but still forced himself to beg his peers when it came to his kids. His endurance through working at the docks with a broken hand transferred into a brand new strength for him back in the ring. Haddock was portrayed as always being kind and never letting people get to him. One of the most captivating moments was the final fight against Baer. A remarkable match between a kind warrior and a blood-lusting brawler. To witness the most intense part of that battle, one could believe Haddock must have been one of the bravest men in the world. See more

Draco L Apr 13, 2019 One of my five favorite films of all-time. A rare 5-star movie. This movie is all heart, but also has grit, guts, a backbone, and a brain. Crowe and Zellweger are tremendous. This is also Paul Giamatti's finest work- and that is really saying something. I cannot recommend this movie enough. Ron Howard delivers a knock-out punch with this movie for the ages. More than a boxing movie, this gem is about the power of the human spirit. See more

Finn M Nov 6, 2018 This film was almost good.

Draco S Oct 7, 2018 Russell Crowe stars as Jim Braddock, a promising young boxer who fell on harder times due to injury and a string of bad fights. He loses his license and descends into abject poverty during the depression. A lucky break gets him an exhibition fight which he wins, and he manages a comeback that eventually gets him a title shot against heavyweight champ Max Baer. Crowe is really quite good in the lead role, as is Paul Giamatti as his manager. The final half hour of this film, which is the fight against Baer, is really quite thrilling. The problem is that it takes two hours to get there, and that's an hour too long. This is a fairly straightforward riches to rags to riches story, yet we spend a lot of time in the rags portion bludgeoning the same few themes to brutal death. Like a lot of Ron Howard's work, this is a decent, competent, totally unimaginative film that I really did not need to spend this much time with. See more

Finn M Sep 22, 2018 I'm from outside Philadelphia, so if I find a boxing movie that is somehow more inspirational than Rocky, that is really saying something. See more

Anakin G Mar 22, 2018 Grayden Dymock Adrian Ramjoue Language Arts 11. March 15, 2018 Ron Howards "Cinderella Man" is one of the most uplifting movies of all time. Showing Braddocks story, proving that hard work and knowing your values makes things turn out well. The stories main focus is on his home and family life. By using the great depression as the problem and showing how he handles it, on top of that it is his failing boxing career shows an amazing comeback story through hard work, support from his family and friends. James Braddock the character is the reason you want to see him succeed. He handles life like he has been through it one hundred times. Any problem thrown at him, if it is the great depression or if it's his failing boxing, he handles it with class. Everything he does is to help someone out, his wife, kids, the church, even his friends, throughout the problems of the great depression. Failing boxing career in the middle of the great depression made it extremely difficult for the family to live. In an interview after one of his matches, "What does he use as inspiration to keep going and staying on his feet", his answer was simple "milk". This is because his family could not even afford milk or anything to eat. This is one of the most important lines in the movie because it shows how bad it was and how bad Braddocks and his family situation Braddock, his wife Mae, and his kids live in New Jersey right next to New York City. Having the setting of the movie in New York doesnt only show how hard it is to survive for the Braddock's family it shows the Hoovervilles in central park really showing that it is extremely hard for everyone and the Braddock family isn't even in the worst situation. The whole city and the rest of the United States is in the same shape. Some people say that the movie is about his boxing career, and how up and down it went. However only a small portion of the movie is about him actually boxing. It shows more of him being with his family and working in the docks then him boxing. Therefore the story is more about him as a man and their family more than the boxing career. James Braddock the character is the reason you want to see him succeed. He handles life like he has been through it one hundred times. Any problem thrown at him, if it is the great depression or if it's his failing boxing, he handles it with class. Everything he does is to help someone out, his wife, kids, the church, even his friends, throughout the problems of the great depression. Failing boxing career in the middle of the great depression made it extremely difficult for the family to live. In an interview after one of his matches, "What does he use as inspiration to keep going and staying on his feet", his answer was simple "milk". This is because his family could not even afford milk or anything to eat. This is one of the most important lines in the movie because it shows how bad it was and how bad Braddocks and his family situation Braddock, his wife Mae, and his kids live in New Jersey right next to New York City. Having the setting of the movie in New York doesnt only show how hard it is to survive for the Braddock's family it shows the Hoovervilles in central park really showing that it is extremely hard for everyone and the Braddock family isn't even in the worst situation. The whole city and the rest of the United States is in the same shape. Some people say that the movie is about his boxing career, and how up and down it went. However only a small portion of the movie is about him actually boxing. It shows more of him being with his family and working in the docks then him boxing. Therefore the story is more about him as a man and their family more than the boxing career. The story relates more to his personal life more then his boxing career in so many ways. They showed all of the hard time and problems him and his family had to go through. It goes into detail about how much he cared about his children and wife, taking extra shifts to giving up his food. The Movie "Cinderella Man" it shows the end of his boxing career and then goes into him and his wife buying a house and living happily the rest of their lives. Annotated Bibliography: Cinderella Man Ansen, David. "Against the Ropes." Newsweek. 5 jun. 2005. Newsweek Web. 1 jan. 2018. David compare this story to the Rocky movies not cause it is a boxing movie but because its an uplifting and underdog story. A heartwarming story. He puts a lot of focus talking about the way that Braddock handles himself and his family throughout the Great Depression and through the ups and downs of his boxing career. David also talks about how much historical value is in the movie and how they add actual events in the movie like the guy that leaves his wife and kids because life gets to hard during the great depression. Shows how hard life was like during that time period and how everyone had to work there butts off the survive the events. Cinderella Man. Dir. Ron Howard. Pref. Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, and Paddy Considine. Universal Pictures. 2005. DVD. James J. Braddock is a boxer from New Jersey that is a fading star in the boxing world, caused by a broken hand. His wife Mea is kinda relieved that her husband can't fight anymore but she is sad and worried because she knows they can't live without his boxing income since they are in the middle of the great depression. James has to go to work on the docks loading and unloading ships to make ends meet to feed him and his family. Then out of nowhere a boxer gets a cancellation on a boxer a couple nights before the fight, James lifelong friend and manager gets him the fight because it is granted money. The only problem is that James now has to fight the number 2 boxer in the world and james hasn't been training in months and is unprepared. The underdog James Braddock ends up winning the match in the 3rd round. Fight has been waiting for, James is going to fight Max Baer. The world champion. His wife doesn't want james to fight because Max Baer has killed people in the ring by punching them so hard. Braddock is a man that comes up from the ashes and streets of the great depression to fight the best boxer in the world, everyone starts to look up to him. The people call him "Cinderella Man" going into the fight. Cinderella Man wins the fight in one of the biggest upsets in the boxing world. Braddock lost the next to fights so he retired from boxing and ran heavy equipment on the docks where he used to work. Mae and james bought a house with james boxing money and lived there the rest of their lives. Ebert, Roger. Cinderella Man-2005. Rogeregbert.com. 2005. Web. The movie is about James Braddock a boxer that goes from riches to rags multiple time but manages to keep his head up and be kind warm hearted man throughout the progress. The movie brings a great uplifting story that no one seen coming. It is an excellent movie for people who need a heart warming movie or a uplifting movie. Some people argue that James Braddock the main actor did not hold his composure during the bad times of his life. He doesn't always tell his wife the truth about what he is doing to make money. He gets a little loud and over the top in some moments of the movie but you have to put yourself in his shoes and his point of view. Everything he doesn't tell his wife about benefits her in the long run. The points he gets mad at her is justified and expected because she makes decisions about their children without communicating with him before she did it. James Braddock is a very inspiring and motivation man throughout his life and in the movie. This is a secondary source because it is coming from a movie review and not from someone like the director or any of the actors. MS. "Cinderella Man." Timeout.com. 6 Sept. 2005. Timeout.com web. 31 Jan. 2018. Amazing looking at how much not just James Braddock had to overcome and what he had to do to survive but the whole generation was in the same boat. He had to scrape the bottom of the barrel to get every penny he earned to take care of him and his family. It's incredible that they could not even afford meat to be on the table or any food for that matter. James was shown giving up his food to his daughter who said she was still hungry after eating her own breakfast. This reveiws talks a lot about his life as much as they talk about the boxing and come back side to this movie. The director does a fantastic job of making people feel sad and feel bad about the people in the books situations. Really talks about family morals and how a family should be and how parent should look out for their kids. Yoars, Marcus. "Cinderella Man." pluggedin.com. Pluggedin.com web. 31 jan. 2018. Yoars was super sticked on his review giving Cinderella man only two out of five stars. He says that the story line and the ending was too predictable to catch the watchers off guard. He says but what did surprise him is all of the facts about him home life like being able to stay with his family and being able to do anything to keep his kids and provide for all of them, even if it meant going hungry himself. How crazy it is that his wife Mae will not attend any of James fights because she says that every time he gets punched it feels like she is getting punched too. She doesn't even listen to it on the radio, she won't let her kids listen to it either. This is shown when the kids are hiding and listening to the fight on the stairs. It shows that the people are behind him and want him to win too. At the church Mae goes to pray at all of the church members are there listening to the fight on the radio. show how much support he had an showed how many people his life made an impact on. See more

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