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Released Year: 2007
Runtime: 112 minutes
Directors: Rod Lurie
Casts: Nick Sandow, Alan Alda, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris, Dakota Goyo, Kristen Shaw, Rachel Nichols, Teri Hatcher
Ratings: 
(2 votes, average: 2.50 out of 5)
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(2 votes, average: 2.50 out of 5)Loading...Reviews
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Film Threat -
It is great to see a boxing movie that portrays both boxing and Jackson in different lights.
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The Hollywood Reporter -
Charged by a knock-out performance from Samuel L. Jackson, this compelling story of manly redemption will deliver a winning boxoffice combination of word of mouth and ultimately step outside the generic ring of sports lore.
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Christian Science Monitor -
By skewing the film into a father-son inspirational saga, the filmmakers sell out the best possibilities in their material. Lurie clearly wants Resurrecting the Champ to be "more" than a sports movie, or a newspaper movie. Ironically, he ends up with less.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
It's more intelligent than most Hollywood movies you'll find in the heat of summer, and its saving grace is the quality of its acting, including Jackson's uncompromising turn as the old fighter, and delicious bits by David Paymer and Alan Alda as veteran editors.
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Chicago Tribune -
The film is easy to take, though it must be said: It's almost 100 percent blather.
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Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
(2 votes, average: 2.50 out of 5)Loading...
Information
Released Year: 2007
Runtime: 112 minutes
Directors: Rod Lurie
Casts: Nick Sandow, Alan Alda, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris, Dakota Goyo, Kristen Shaw, Rachel Nichols, Teri Hatcher
Storyline
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
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Reviews
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Film Threat -
It is great to see a boxing movie that portrays both boxing and Jackson in different lights.
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The Hollywood Reporter -
Charged by a knock-out performance from Samuel L. Jackson, this compelling story of manly redemption will deliver a winning boxoffice combination of word of mouth and ultimately step outside the generic ring of sports lore.
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Christian Science Monitor -
By skewing the film into a father-son inspirational saga, the filmmakers sell out the best possibilities in their material. Lurie clearly wants Resurrecting the Champ to be "more" than a sports movie, or a newspaper movie. Ironically, he ends up with less.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
It's more intelligent than most Hollywood movies you'll find in the heat of summer, and its saving grace is the quality of its acting, including Jackson's uncompromising turn as the old fighter, and delicious bits by David Paymer and Alan Alda as veteran editors.
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Chicago Tribune -
The film is easy to take, though it must be said: It's almost 100 percent blather.
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