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Southpaw (2015)

R  |   |  Action, Drama, Sport  |  24 July 2015 (USA)
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Boxer Billy Hope turns to trainer Tick Willis to help him get his life back on track after losing his wife in a tragic accident and his daughter to child protection services.

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Tick Wills
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Hoppy
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As tragedy strikes him in his prime, famed boxer, Billy Hope, begins to fall into a great depression. Once the decision regarding the custody of his daughter is under question, Billy decides to get his life back on track by getting back into the ring.

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Rated R for language throughout, and some violence | See all certifications »

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24 July 2015 (USA)  »

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$30,000,000 (estimated)

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$16,701,294 (USA) (24 July 2015)

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$52,267,135 (USA) (2 October 2015)
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Trivia

Jake Gyllenhaal was inspired by Miguel Cotto due to his impressive career and evolution as a boxer. See more »

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Maureen's mouth fills with blood shortly after she has been shot. The blood then disappears in the next two close-ups of Maureen. See more »

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Miguel 'Magic' Escobar: Your bitch isn't here to save you now.
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That's All Over Baby
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formulaic Hollywood film with incredible emotion
9 August 2015 | by See all my reviews

Let's start by saying what everyone else was thinking: "What else is new?" We have all seen this movie before. It follows the very uninspired formula that Hollywood has been using for years now; there is nothing cutting edge about the premise of Southpaw.

Where it defied expectation was in its raw emotion. Everything that makes Southpaw good lies in the performance of the entire cast. Jake Gyllenhaal, in particular, simply could not have been more exceptional. His portrayal of loss, victory, sorrow, shame, anger, guilt, and love were unbearably palpable, and made the movie an intensely uncensored work. This is a performance you simply CANNOT pass up. I also appreciated the ways in which the last boxing scene was shot. It takes the grueling perspective of Billy Hope himself and his competitor. That camera angle put the viewer in the closest possible position of the two boxers while in a fight which made the scene all the more terrifying and all the more wicked awesome.

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Yeah yeah.. We all have seen at least 18 movies of a successful man losing everything that could ever possibly matter to him; however, the difference is that never have I experienced it more vividly than in Southpaw. Props to Gyllenhaal again for making me feel things that most actors will continue to fail to do.


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