Kattiera Nana
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Odelecol
Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
Bea Swanson
This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
Casey Duggan
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
Princess Kalista (PrincessKalista)
In all honesty, Daniel Day-Lewis is a phenomenal actor and so is Emily Watson, but in this, I couldn't get into the characters. They weren't really as deep as I would have liked them to feel. I liked that it was a forbidden love and all but I really didn't like the Maggie character at all. She was so, I don't even know the words to describe it. She was very plain and unappealing to me. I know that I wouldn't risk my life for her and her bratty kid. The story though, was pretty well received. The character Harry was really hated by me. It was like watching an Irish Joffery(Game of Thrones) almost. Overall it was a good movie, just not as good as I would have expected after watching In the Name of the Father.
Brian Wright
As a boxer he has a reason to rebuild a life around a community-centered activity, the only one he knows. It's hard to imagine how the ultimate dramatic quality would be served were Danny a construction worker or a bartender or having virtually any other occupation. Then you have the metaphor by contrast: boxing is a warlike activity and ostensibly consistent with the conflict of the Troubles... yet it is also a supreme discipline, done well, and a perfect substitute for war where (some fools and users say) honor and greatness can be achieved....For my complete review of this movie and for other movie and book reviews, please visit my site TheCoffeeCoaster.com.Brian Wright Copyright 2009
richard-1967
As he has proved over and over, Daniel Day Lewis can carry a movie by his presence, without saying a word. The opening of The Boxer is his best example. Without speaking, DDL gets out of prison and begins to carve out a new life. With nothing other than the physical surroundings and DDL's facial expressions to carry us, this film sucks us in from the beginning.I bought into the story of this young man of integrity. If you don't, I guess you rate the movie poorly. But I found this story more compelling than Sins of the Father, and thus more worthy.I'd watch this again, which is high praise indeed from me.
ryanbuchanan_82
Jim Sheridan and Daniel Day Lewis have teamed together in the the past creating exceptional films such as "In The Name of Father" and "My Left Foot", but, "The Boxer" unfortunately will not be added to that list. Though a decent movie and well worth watching, it just doesn't captivate like I'd hoped for. Daniel Day Lewis succeeds in portraying Danny Flynn, a former prestiged boxer and IRA member recently released from prison after a 14 year sentence. Upon his release his politics have changed and he seeks peace through training kids boxing at a local gym, much to the dismay of his former IRA "friends". Emily Watson plays his long lost and bitter lover, en-raged with him for leaving her. Both do fine jobs of acting but it feels like the chemistry just isn't there, plus, their history is never quite explained and leaves you frustrated at times. My real problem with the film is that Danny Flynn's character never truly develops, and all you really find out in this film is that he was a boxer, associated with the IRA and loves Emily Watson. It briefly tells that he was imprisoned for his involvement with the IRA, but never specifies. It's obvious Sheridan wanted to touch upon the theme of Prostestant and Catholics struggle in Northern Ireland to live with each other in harmony, but personally I feel he failed at doing so.
