“The Fighter” — Mathew DeKinder (Suburban Journals)
I had a good friend who carried his family and the friends he grew up with like a millstone around his neck. It seemed he was destined to be swallowed up by all the drama and bad behavior they supplied because he was unwilling to get the heck out of Dodge (as I more colorfully advised).
This made me wonder if it was truly possible to escape your heritage. Regardless of our hopes and dreams, are we truly destined to fly no higher than the people we surround ourselves with?
This is the central theme of the new film, “The Fighter.” It is the true story of working-class boxer Mickey Ward, who rose to greatness from working on a road...
The Fighter – Reelworld (Webster-Kirkwood Times)
The Plot:
Boxer Mickey Ward (Mark Wahlberg) has grown up in the shadow of his older brother, Dicky (Christian Bale) who now trains him between his drug use episodes.
As Mickey’s career stalls, he meets Charlene (Amy Adams), a saucy New Englander who falls for Mickey and starts opening his eyes to the reasons holding him back – his family.
Taking her advice, Mickey finds his career taking off, but when Dickey tugs on his heart strings, Mickey must decide whether to return to his family or stand true with his love.
Kent’s Take:
“The Fighter” is based on the true story of the struggles of boxer Mickey Ward, yet this isn’t a tale... THE FIGHTER- KARL SIDES (THE FLICK FANATIC.COM)
Christian Bale and Amy Adams deliver a one….two…punch making the new film ‘The Fighter’ a KNOCKOUT!
Mark Wahlberg and director David O. Russell bring the true story of “Irish” Micky Ward to the big screen. Micky Ward was a brawler and had a dominating body shot that would take opponents breath away just before they hit the mat. Wahlberg produces the film as well as stars in the title role as the pugilist Micky Ward.
“Irish” Micky Ward (Wahlberg), the pride of Lowell Massachusetts, was a club fighter trained by his older brother Dicky (Christian Bale). Dicky an average fighter in his own right whose only claim to fame was...
There is no more cliche-ridden style of movie than those about boxing and boxers. From John Garfield in the ’30s to Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro and Mark Wahlberg, with dozens of others through the decades, the pattern of the stories is pretty much alike.
It’s what happens out of the ring and between the bouts that distinguishes them, and “The Fighter,” which opens here today, is an excellent film, not because of Wahlberg’s bloody bouts as “Irish” Micky Ward, but because of his family, the weirdest, most dysfunctional group one can imagine. Even weirder than the Gosselins, if you can envision...
“The Fighter” – Lynn Venhaus (Belleville News-Democrat)
Brimming with brio, “The Fighter” is much more than a boxing movie.
With career-high achievements by the main actors and director David O. Russell (“Three Kings,” “Flirting with Disaster”), “The Fighter” is one of the year’s best movies. It’s an enthralling tale of family dysfunction, ambition, suffocating devotion, tough chicks and swaggering dudes.
Based on the life of scrappy fighter “Irish” Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg), a late-start welterweight who battled legendary Arturo Gatti in 2002-2003 before retiring, the movie is steeped in authentic ’90s...
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