Southpaw

Name: Southpaw
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 2015-07-22
Duration: 123 min

Believe in hope.

20152h 3mcritics 7.4/10

Action Drama

Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.

starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker, Oona Laurence

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59%

“Refreshingly gritty and hard-nosed.”
Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer · 88
“If Southpaw leaves you hungry, this much is also true: The "food" was good in the first place.”
Desson Thomson, Washington Post · 80
“There's an engagingly homegrown quality to much of the footage.”
Jay Carr, Boston Globe · 75
“The picture is more sociologically instructive than emotionally involving, serving as a document of contemporary Irish life rather than an ordinary inspirational story.”
David Sterritt, Christian Science Monitor · 75
“The small-town Irish feel of the movie is infectious, and McGrath uncovers some great supporting players.”
John Patterson, L.A. Weekly · 70

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