Comments on: Cinderella Man (2005)

By: john frankenson

john frankenson — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:12:24 +0000

i like iron man

By: alyx

alyx — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:56:02 +0000

You criticize this movie as being unimaginative, but it’s an entirely true story of the real boxer James Braddock, and a very accurate portrayal of the Depression era. The only inaccuracies I’ve come across were it’s depiction of Max Baer, who wasn’t as cruel and insensitive as the movie suggests him to have been, and that Braddock’s wife didn’t support his comeback as a fighter.

By: Jose

Jose — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 22:23:16 +0000

I saw this movie for the first time a few weeks ago and, even though I live in the U.S., I’m in agreement with Paco.

The movie is “Rocky” set in a different time period. Yeah, I like movies about the underdog rising above odds, but there has to be something new.

By: Darren Seeley

Darren Seeley — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:43:35 +0000

I loved “The Alamo”, but while Ron Howard was as one time attatched to direct the film, he didn’t. That film was directed by John Lee Hancock.

I totally agree on ‘Cinderella Man’ in that the title should have been better (i.e. “Bulldog of Bergen”) and I suppose I can agree on us who live in the US “getting the film”, even if sadly, most of us avoided it last summer. The only real problem for me was how dspite the push for accuracy, Howard has the character of Max Baer coming off like a thug. While I disagree with you regarding some areas of dramatic license (“A Beautiful Mind”) there are some occasions where such license oversteps its bounds.