The Boxer

Name: The Boxer
Released: 1997-12-31
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley

The Boxer

R
1h 53m
1997

80%

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Academy Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis (In The Name Of The Father, My Left Foot) and Academy Award® nominee Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves) are star-crossed lovers torn between unquestioning loyalty to the ties of tradition and the passion they share in one of the year's most critically-acclaimed films from Academy Award®-nominated director Jim Sheridan.

Director:

Jim Sheridan

Producer:

Jim Sheridan, Arthur Lappin

Writer:

Jim Sheridan, Terry George

Cast:

Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley, Kenneth Cranham

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

80%

Critics Consensus: The Boxer is a standard drama that packs a true emotional wallop thanks to the highly tuned central performances.

Reviews

Common Sense Media

Alistair Lawrence

Despite the limitations of its script, this story about violent men and the cycles of death and destruction that repeat themselves has dialogue that feels grounded in the real world.

It is well acted and directed... It's just the script that could have been a little more memorable.

In each film he makes, Day-Lewis seems to adopt a new persona.

June 22, 2017

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Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

Serena Donadoni

What makes The Boxer as potent as it is are the performances, especially Daniel Day-Lewis' contained powerhouse. His Danny is a closed-off man, shadowboxing with his private demons, who comes painfully, but gloriously, back to life.

An intelligent, provocative piece of cinema, with something quite bold to say in the Irish context.

August 16, 2017

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