Not even bad in a good way

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Disturbing yet enthralling

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

If you want to watch a movie with fighting, DO NOT WATCH THIS. Ended abruptly and horribly and I cannot believe it was allowed to be a movie. Very bad. On the other hand, if you want to watch a story with NO fighting and maybe be a little sad, because of the story yes but also because this movie was horrible enough to make a grown man cry out of mere regret that he wasted his time watching it, this IS the movie for you! No fighting, like I said. I saw this movie rated as pretty good on a site that rates boxing and fighting movies and I was at first going to say I can't believe it got a decent score, which i still am going to say that but now I realize it should not of even been on that sight because i would under no circumstances classify a movie that has no fighting in it as a fighting or boxing movie. Very very disappointed. Watch Cinderella man instead.

To be honest, I came in at the middle of this film. but the part I didn't come into was pretty good.I really have to see the entire film to really give an honest opinion.There are so many different reviews on this site - it's just crazy.Tommy seemed to me to be jealous of the old man working with other boxers, so I don't know.I really need to see the beginning of this film to truly understand the core of their relationship.I did, however, feel that Tommy did love this man who was his trainer, but in today's world - of course - this type of love is taboo, which is really stupid.

This film was utter garbage, the shame of it all was it had promise if it weren't for the absolutely stagnant acting by Diane Tayler. It was like she was reading cue cards the whole film. Anyone who has been to film school could spot overacting a mile away. I would say if you took her performance( and i use that word lightly)out of the film, it would be watchable. In fact the scenes with Marty and the boxer were touching in a few of them and them wham back with the phony trying to be hard assed acting. Save your time & money & go see Million dollar baby or even the Meg Ryan movie has this beat. Mrs. Tayler please do the world a favor and pick another profession!

It's true that a boxing movie theme can sometimes be a trap. You never know what to expect and in the most of the cases you end the movie with a huge feel of disappointment. I had this movie with me for quite a few time, on my "to watch" list but always pushing him back for several reasons, and the biggest one was something called "Million Dollar Baby"…need to say more? Well time passed and one night I decided to give it a try, and I just can say that I was knocked out by it. Everything from the beginning to end just fall into the right places, and especially I was impressed with the fact that dealing with a theme like this you can easily fall into common places, situations, dialog's and characters. J.P. Davis wrote a compelling human script, much more beyond that any other boxing movie that I ever saw, with the exception of the brilliant "Million Dollar Baby". In fact, boxing sequences you have few, they exist but on a far dimension. The true battle here it's other; loneliness, redemption, forbidden love, shattered dreams, commitment and honor are themes that J.P. unbelievable well explores on his own script. The performances are amazing, and Eddie Jones just throws a show. In my opinion the fact that it's a very low budget production, less than half of million, helps a lot on the way that the movie portraits reality and also the way that he gets under your skin. Shoot on digital, the rudeness and cruelty of the video, make you smell the pictures on the screen, and other factor is the absence of spectacular shoots (crowds watching the fights, technical sequences) which makes you only care about the main characters and the way that they fight and act between themselves. Well done J.P. can't wait to see what comes next.