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Friends had warned me that noteworthy of the first section of this film was insensible and they had made the same observation of Angela’s Ashes. I disagree with them about both. In Cinderella Man (a phrase attributed to Damon Runyon), it is imperative that James Braddock’s circumstances and those of his family are carefully, unhurriedly established to develop an appropriate context for the process by which he resumed his career as a professional fighter in 1934 and then faced Max Baer on June 13th, 1935, in Long Island City, N.Y. Although a 10-1 underdog, Braddock won the heavyweight championship of the world. (The film takes us to this point.) He would lose his heavyweight title two years later in an 8 round KO to Joe Louis, “The Brown Bomber.” Braddock retired after a final obtain over Tommy Farr in 1938.
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Other reviewers have shared their absorb reasons for thinking so highly of this film. Here are mine. First, perhaps only in Raging Bull is the physicality of boxing so compellingly portrayed. Also, I worship the skills of those who recreated a period more than 70 years ago, one during which the Braddocks and millions of others struggled to overcome hunger and illness as well as poverty and especially horror and humiliation. Under Ron Howard’s direction, the quality of acting is outstanding, notably Paul Giamatti as Braddock’s manager and trainer, Joe Gould. (I serene mediate that Giamatti should have at least been nominated for an Academy Award in recognition of his performance as Miles Raymond in Sideways.) With regard to Renée Zellweger (as Braddock’s wife Mae) and Craig Bierko (as Max Baer) as well as Paddy Considine, Bruce McGill, Ron Canada, David Huband, Linda Kash, and Nicholas Campbell, they had to work within quite specific limitations in their supporting roles. I concept they were all fair splendid.
Finally, I wish to single out Russell Crowe for special praise. Whatever his public persona may be, he demonstrates exceptional self-discipline as well as nuanced talent in the lead role of the valiant heavyweight champion boxer. Braddock fought for “milk,” to be obvious, but in doing so became a symbol of hope for other victims of the Spacious Depression. Crowe brilliantly portrays Braddock’s fundamental decency and integrity as well as his total devotion to the welfare of his wife and their three children. To me, this is Crowe’s finest performance thus far.
“Cinderella Man”, Ron Howard’s heart-felt film biography of boxing fable James J. Braddock, never received the recognition it deserved when first released, due, in spacious section, to Russell Crowe’s poor press following a telephone-throwing incident. Overzealous critics tended to lump the incident and film together, and despite Crowe’s public apology, many moviegoers skipped it. Now that the film is available on DVD, it’s time to retort the film for what it always HAS been; director Howard and star Crowe’s FINEST film, together!
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Braddock’s account is so wonderful and inspirational, that it is amazing that it’s taken seventy years to philosophize it. Sylvester Stallone ‘borrowed’ from it, extensively, in creating “Rocky”, and in viewing the film, the parallels between fact and fiction are obvious; Braddock had been an ‘up and comer’ in the twenties, but broken bones and ill-advised matches had cost him a championship shot. Then the Depression struck, Braddock was wiped out, financially, and he struggled to succor his wife and family through the most harrowing period in American history. Considered ‘washed up’ and too broken-down for a comeback, all the boxer had going for him was his wife’s cherish, his manager’s faith, and his personal integrity, which refused to allow him to give up. He tenaciously climbed wait on up the ranks of younger title contenders, earning the adoration of a country trying to rebuild their believe lives, as well, until, finally, he had his championship match, against ruthless ‘killing machine’ Max Baer. Their match would become the stuff of legends!
To director Howard’s credit, he never ‘over-sentimentalizes’ the fable, or tries to turn it into a soft-focus ‘fairy tale’. His vision of the Depression is the most apt and heartbreaking since the documentaries of the ’30s, and will near as a revelation to those whose only knowledge of the period is a paragraph in a history book. Jim Braddock is not a ‘Superman’, but a hard-working, decent man with no higher vision than to provide his family a better life, and as magnificently portrayed by Crowe, he embodies qualities of honesty and dignity that many of us dream of, but seldom attain. In any other year, he’d be a shoo-in for an Oscar for his performance, it’s that reliable!
Matching Crowe’s portrayal are Renée Zellweger, as his precise wife, Mae, who perfectly channels a ’30s ’style’, as well as a gutsiness that is timeless, and the incredible Paul Giamatti, as manager Joe Gould, who would sell everything he owned, rather than ogle Braddock give up. Giamatti, a faded character actor who finally saw his ‘breakthrough’ in last year’s “Sideways”, should finally collect his long-deserved Oscar, for this role.
“Cinderella Man” is a film that will continue to be cherished long after the filmmakers are gone, a epic rooted in an earlier era, but quiet timeless.
Movies unprejudiced don’t procure better than this!
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