Sadia Azmat (stand-up comedian, writer and comedy producer) and Al Horner (Script Apart podcast, Empire Magazine) join Flixwatcher remotely to review Sadia’s choice The Fighter.
The Fighter is a 2010 biographical sports film directed by David O. Russell and based on professional boxers (and half-brothers) Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg) and Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale). The film was inspired by the 1995 HBO documentary High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell, that features the Eklund-Ward family.
It also stars Amy Adams as Micky’s girlfriend Charlene and Melissa Leo as Alice Eklund-Ward (winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress). Bale’s incredible performance as the crack addict Dicky also won him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar, managing to bring humanity and humour to the former boxer struggling with addiction.
While The Fighter doesn’t necessarily follow the sports film formula it still packs a punch as a character focussed drama with Bale giving a standout performance. High recommendability and engagement scores give The Fighter a highly recommended overall score of 4.21.
| Recommendability | Repeat Viewing | Small Screen Score | Engagement | Overall | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadia | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.00000 |
| Al | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3.50000 |
| Helen S | 4.5 | 3.5 | 5 | 4 | 4.25000 |
| Kobi | 4.2 | 3.2 | 5 | 4 | 4.10000 |
| 4.425 | 3.425 | 4.75 | 4.25 | 4.21250 |
Episode #301 Crew Links
Thanks to the Episode #301 Crew of Sadia Azmat @sadia_azmats_ and Al Horner @Al_Horner from @ScripApart
You can find their website here https://twitter.com/ScriptApart
And at https://twitter.com/EmpireMagazine
And at https://twitter.com/Guardian
And at https://linktr.ee/sexbombbook
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More about The Fighter
For more info on The Fighter you can visit The Fighter IMDB page here or The Fighter Rotten Tomatoes page here.
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