CINDRELLA MAN

Cinderella Man

“Cinderella man” is a brilliant movie. I personally rank it above great films like “Raging Bull”, “Ali”, “The Hurricane” etc.

These films share in common not just a documentary-like approach to boxing, but they also portray the human side of a man and the culture that produced him.

“Cinderella Man,” depicts a heart-rending portrait of the Great Depression in American. The story of the gentleman pugilist James J. Braddock (Russel Crow) is the backdrop to the larger drama of Americans’ struggle in the 1930s

The scenes of Braddock and his family living in squalid conditions, with uncertainty about such basics as heat & electricity and shortage of food will rip your heart out and believe me you just cant starving, and nobly gives back his social security money the minute he can afford to (that too in the great depression). Zellwegger is similarly faultless of course, striking the right balance between supportiveness and concern that her man could get his brains knocked out permanently.

The last fight generates quite a lot of genuine excitement – you can almost feel your nose bleed just watching it.

This movie is more than “just a boxing movie”, it’s a great family story of a devoted husband and father and a loving, supporting wife and mother who are fighting from poverty and depression.

Definitely a must watch!!