Whatever you do, don't try to dismiss this as just another boxing movie. In The Fighter what happens in the ring is ultimately of very little consequence. I still have a few contenders (no pun intended) to see this year, but this is the best character drama of the year. The script is great and the acting is fantastic. Every fight keeps you on the edge of your seat, both the ones in the ring and those outside it.
Christian Bale has to be the favorite for the Oscar playing Mark Wahlberg's older brother who has fallen from the local hero, who once knocked down Sugar Ray Leonard, to crack addict.
The film perfectly shows how a family can simultaneously destroy each other and love each other unconditionally.
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