Storyline
The Fighter, is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.
Directors
Cast
Mark Wahlberg, Dennis Jay Funny, Emanuel Steward, Jeffrey Corazzini, Joseph Oliveira, Mark Falvo, Shawn Fogarty, John Franchi, Eric Weinstein, Alison Folland, Jack McGee, Christian Bale, Jerrell Lee Wesley, Joseph Basile, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Mickey O'Keefe, Dendrie Taylor, Bianca Hunter, Erica McDermott, Jenna Lamia, Caitlin Dwyer, Chanty Sok, Jackson Nicoll, Frank Renzulli, Sugar Ray Leonard, Melissa McMeekin, Ted Arcidi, Ross Bickell, Sean Malone, Matthew Muzio, Thomas Benton, Jeremiah Kissel, Kim Carrell, Dale Place, Bonnie Aarons, Walter Driscoll, Anthony Molinari, Peter Cunningham, Brian Christensen, Jen Weissenberg, Michael Buffer, Larry Merchant, Jim Lampley, Roy Jones Jr., George Foreman, Dicky Eklund Jr., Charlie Alejandro, Conan Marchi, Brina, Luisa Diaz, Jodie Brunelle, Gino Cafarelli, Al Conti, Shawn Doherty, Henry Penzi, Ger Duany, Alex East, Dan Marshall, Jeff Martineau, Anastasia Sanidopoulos Mousis, Briggon Snow, Thomas Olson, Ron Shimshilashvili, Susan Farese, London Hall, Hunter Wilichoski, Kimko, Dennis Lauricella, David Struffolino, Alicia Love, Joe Siriani
Trailer
Reviews
91
This one, as thoughtful as it is rousing, scores a TKO.
83
Bale's live-wire performance typifies the many major and minor elements that elevate The Fighter from the deeply conventional sports movie it might have been into the endearingly offbeat sports movie it turns out to be.
75
These are characters so repulsive that it's hard to care what happens to them, but it's to the credit of a superb cast that you do end up caring.
70
Boxoffice Magazine
In its small moments, say when Walhberg sighs that his robe misspells "Micky," The Fighter feels clued-in to the very small, very tough world of a man trying to make his way out of his block-and after getting to know his family, you want to help him pack his bags.
70
If The Fighter feels like kind of a mess, lurching from one scene to the next as if the film itself has taken a few hits to the head, that's not entirely a bad thing.
