{"id":5002,"date":"2016-12-11T18:32:26","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T23:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=5002"},"modified":"2025-01-19T17:53:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T22:53:51","slug":"the-fighter-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=5002","title":{"rendered":"The Fighter-2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Fighter-2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director David O. Russell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #546<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/70113534.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5003\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/70113534-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/70113534-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/70113534.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed December 11, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Fighter (2010) is an excellent film. Being a sports film there are the inevitable cliches, which make the entire sports film genre rather predictable.<\/p>\n<p>But this film is a very well-done story and based on real-life figures (the Ward brothers).<\/p>\n<p>Tremendous acting by Wahlberg, Bale, and Melissa Leo, in the role of Mama Ward- a role of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>The telling is a true story of Mickey Ward, a boxer from Massachusetts, and his battle to stardom, dealings with family members, and his love life.<\/p>\n<p>The characters may be ever slightly overdone in the rugged, rough, Bostonian way, almost appearing New Jersey-Soprano-ish instead of New England, but the message is clear- they are in the boxing world and are tough guys (and gals).<\/p>\n<p>This film is much more character-driven than many similar sports movies, thank goodness and the casting is spot-on. There are the inevitable final boxing match and the standard reaction shots, but again sports films are riddled with cliches.<\/p>\n<p>The real win is with the character&#8217;s layered, complexities as they love and hate each other.<\/p>\n<p>Bale and Leo deserved their Oscars for their respective roles in The Fighter (2010), specifically Bale for the shocking weight loss and spot-on character imitation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscar Nominations: 2 wins-<\/strong>Best Picture, Best Director-David O. Russell, Best Supporting Actor-Christian Bale <strong>(won)<\/strong>, Best Supporting Actress-Melissa Leo <strong>(won)<\/strong>, Amy Adams, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fighter-2010 Director David O. Russell Starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale Scott&#8217;s Review #546 Reviewed December 11, 2016 Grade: A- The Fighter (2010) is an excellent film. Being a sports film there are the inevitable cliches, which make the entire sports film genre rather predictable. 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