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- 11:40 PM, Apr 27
unlike most boxing movies, the cruelest blows in The Fighter are internalby David Ansen [Newsweek ]
there's a certain predictability to The FighterReview rate : A- by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]
the best boxing movies aren't about the sport, but what happens outside the ropesby Peter Debruge [Variety ]
that are as much about overacting as actingReview rate : B+ by James Verniere [Boston Herald ]
something similar might be said about reviews of boxing picturesby A.O. Scott [NY Times ]
so good, so engrossing, for so long, that its failure to find an ending to match is perplexingby Ty Burr [Boston Globe ]
no run-of-the-mill underdog-makes-good storyby Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
less about individual struggle than group validationby J. Hoberman [Village Voice ]
it's a rough-edged and proudly unpolished movie with a wealth of odd, funny detailsby Dana Stevens [Slate ]
initially feels like more of a near thing than the filmmakers anticipated, but as in boxing it's only the final decision that countsby Kenneth Turan [LA Times ]
in terms of structure and tone, as traditional as a left-right comboby Nick Schager [Slant Magazine ]
a whole is a punching bag stuffed with boxing clichés down to the tracking shots of Wahlberg jogging his way fitby Amy Nicholson [Boxoffice Magazine ]