The Fighter

Movie

2010

1h 56m

English

Drama

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7.9

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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.

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The Fighter

Movie

2010

1h 56m

English

Drama

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Cast

Micky Ward

Dicky Eklund

Charlene Fleming

Alice Ward

George Ward

"Little Alice" Eklund

Cathy "Pork" Eklund

Cindy "Tar" Eklund

Donna Eklund Jaynes

Gail "Red Dog" Eklund

Kate B. O'Brien

Phyllis "Beaver" Eklund

Jenna Lamia

Sherri Ward

Frank Renzulli

Sal Lanano

Paul Campbell

Gary "Boo Boo" Giuffrida

Kasie Ward

Karen

Lou Gold

Mike Toma

Wolfie

Gilberto Brown aka Jose

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Directed By: David O. Russell

Written By: Scott Silver (Screenplay), Keith Dorrington (Story), + 4 more

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BenFranklin says...

13 years ago

Great action performance by Christian Bale as always, but I didn't like it that much... disappointingly it's more about drugs then boxing. 7/10 stars

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seancapp says...

14 years ago

"I want Dickie, and I want you Charlene, and O'keefe. But I gotta do this for me, not for you, not for you, and not for you. For me."

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stayrusty says...

10 months ago

Great acting all around, but Bale definitely stole the screen in this one. A little hammy at times, but I think this was a decent underdog story.

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augsburgere says...

one year ago

Good premise and acting shot well down to earth and gritty feeling to the movie

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drqshadow

8/10 5 years ago

Having never been much of a fan of Mark Wahlberg's acting, I was pleased to see him cast as the strong, soft-spoken type while the cast's real heavy hitters claim center stage. Christian Bale and Melissa Leo clearly relish their chance to play such a manipulative, self-centered pair, with bo More

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Kenneth Axel Carlsson

6 years ago

Two brothers. Two fighters. One has had his time and his now a junkie - Dicky (Christian Bale), and the other is in the shape of his life, with his career ahead of him - Micky (Mark Wahlberg). The two love eachother, but one is on his way up, and the other is on his way down. Lets just say, it is no More

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Andres Gomez

6 years ago

A really good movie like you don't easily find lately.

Great story, without getting into getting cheesy and great cat. Specially remarkable Christian Bale and Amy Adams but they all perform superb.

Just waiting for the second part ...

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Likhon Ami

CONTAINS SPOILERS7/10 7 years ago

what can i say ... this movie was pure.... the main thing in this movie is the acting of the casts... everyone was natural in their role ....but can't take a little bit of credit from Christian Bale , Amy Adams & Melissa Leo ...these 3 were so natural in their acting that it was phenomenal . More

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