The Boxer | Full Movie

The Boxer

R
1h 53m
1997

Certified Fresh

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:

Writer:

Cast:

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

© 1997 Focus Features. All Rights Reserved.

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

Certified Fresh

80%

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

Reviews

Associated Press

Bob Thomas

Fresh

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

June 22, 2017

Philadelphia Inquirer

Fresh

Day-Lewis has the ability to make the will to nonviolence look positively volcanic. And Watson, wi...

August 15, 2017

Orlando Sentinel

Fresh

If The Boxer doesn't quite score a knockout, that's because of such flaws as the too-sketchy devel...

August 15, 2017

Paul Clinton (CNN.com)

Fresh

With Watson and Day-Lewis you can almost feel the heat, and their situation never feels contrived...

August 15, 2017

Richard Corliss

Fresh

The critic dutifully tabulated each blunt plot point, each refried cliche.. And yet, when Danny's...

August 16, 2017

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Additional Info

Genre:Drama
Release Date:December 31, 1997
Highest Available for Purchase:HD

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