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Your Reviews
Jackson and Harnett should both be up for academy awards. This was a great movie for the whole family.
May 22,2008
mdunham227
WONDERFUL STAFF WHO CARE ABOUT KIDS
May 22,2008
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Critic Reviews
Jackson disappears into his role, completely convincing, but then he usually is. What a fine actor. He avoids pitfalls like making Champ a maudlin tearjerker, looking for pity. He's realistic, even philosophical, about his life and what happened to him.Full Review
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
It's the complexity of Lurie's moral universe that makes it linger in the mind.Full Review
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
Charged by a knock-out performance from Samuel L. Jackson, this compelling story of manly redemption will deliver a winning boxoffice combination of word of mouth and ultimately step outside the generic ring of sports lore.Full Review
Duane Byrge
The Hollywood Reporter
The cast is generally excellent, but Hartnett in particular comes across as convincingly complicated, alternately reprehensible and sympathetic.Full Review
Tasha Robinson
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Delivers a heckuva story marred by some credibility problems but lands the majority of its punches via subtly powerful performances and a moving undercard of paternal connection.Full Review
Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times
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