8/10
NETFLIX Rating : 4
IMDB Rating : 8
FD Smart Rating : 8
Synopsis : Jim Braddock garners boxing glory during the Great Depression, arriving on the scene at a time when Americans were woefully in need of a hero.
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Argentina
, Aruba
, Belize
, Bolivia
, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
, Brazil
, Chile
, Colombia
, Costa Rica
, Curaçao
, Dominican Republic
, Ecuador
, El Salvador
, Guatemala
, Honduras
, Hong Kong
, Mexico
, Nicaragua
, Panama
, Paraguay
, Peru
, Portugal
, Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
, South Korea
, Trinidad and Tobago
, Uruguay
, Venezuela
, Vietnam
Craig Bierko , Paddy Considine , Ron Canada , Bruce McGill , Connor Price , Renee Zellweger , Boyd Banks , Fulvio Cecere , Angelo Tsarouchas , Russell Crowe , Paul Giamatti
English [Original] , Spanish , English , Brazilian Portuguese
Spanish , Dutch , Brazilian Portuguese , Traditional Chinese , Portuguese , Korean , English
Biography, Drama, Sport
2005
2h24m
Recommended for ages 16 and up
During the Great Depression, a common-man hero, James J. Braddock--a.k.a. the Cinderella Man--was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. By the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-prizefighter was seemingly as broken-down, beaten-up and out-of-luck as much of the rest of the American populace who had hit rock bottom. His career appeared to be finished, he was unable to pay the bills, the only thing that mattered to him--his family--was in danger, and he was even forced to go on Public Relief. But deep inside, Jim Braddock never relinquished his determination. Driven by love, honor and an incredible dose the ones who are do of grit, he willed an impossible dream to come true. In a last-chance bid to help his family, Braddock returned to the ring. No one thought he had a shot. However Braddock, fueled by something beyond mere competition, kept winning. Suddenly, the ordinary working man became the mythic athlete. Carrying the hopes and dreams of the disenfranchised on his shoulders, Braddock rocketed through the ranks, until this underdog chose to do the unthinkable: take on the heavyweight champ of the world, the unstoppable Max Baer, renowned for having killed two men in the ring.