Fresh
In each film he makes, Day-Lewis seems to adopt a new persona.
Bob Thomas, Associated Press
The Boxer
Love is always worth fighting for.
1997 · 1h 54m · R
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Jim Sheridan
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The Boxer
Overview
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.
Director and cast
- Jim Sheridan Director
- Daniel Day-Lewis as Danny Flynn
- Emily Watson as Maggie Hamill
- Brian Cox as Joe Hamill
- Ken Stott as Ike Weir
- Gerard McSorley as Harry
- John Wall as Priest (as Father John Wall)
- David Hayman as Joe Hamill's Aide
- Kenneth Cranham as Matt MaGuire
- Lorraine Pilkington as Bride
- Niall Shanahan Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Day-Lewis has the ability to make the will to nonviolence look positively volcanic. And Watson, with her 200-watt incandescence, makes longing look radiant.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
If The Boxer doesn't quite score a knockout, that's because of such flaws as the too-sketchy development of the character of Maggie's son, who turns out to be pivotal. But the movie carries the day by aiming its strongest punches straight at the heart.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
With Watson and Day-Lewis you can almost feel the heat, and their situation never feels contrived or artificial.
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com
Fresh
The critic dutifully tabulated each blunt plot point, each refried cliche.. And yet, when Danny's nemesis did something monstrously rotten, the critic was so enraged by the dastardly act that he had to stop himself from spitting his candy.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
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