Russell Crowe is one of my favorite actors and one of the best in the business, Ron Howard is a tremendous director, and this marks the second straight week that Renée Zellweger is in a top sports movie.
While boxing is the arena that stages this movie, there is so much more to learn about James J. Braddock than boxing. An honorable family man, a hard worker, and a man who defies odds, it is truly an inspiration to watch Crowe play Braddock fight for his family and his livelihood during the depression era. Cinderella Man helps you to realize how quickly one's life can turn into misfortune, and how to control the effects with dignity and hard work. If you have not seen this movie, you truly need to.
Film critic Carrie Rickey once noted that "Cinderella Man is not a movie about boxing, but about this boxer who personified the heart and hope of 1935." If you haven't noticed, that has been the formula for my top sports movies - movies that have heart, great acting, and greater meaning beyond the sport being focused on or played.
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