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Alynda Wheat, People: OUTSTANDING (cg) "They all want Micky to win, but their constant drama just drags a brother down, even if it keeps the audience entranced and howling with laughter." (Read the full review...) 201 words, 12/09/10 Mary Pols, Time: MODERATE "...we're asked to take on a larger redemption tale that undermines the truth... the film is overwhelmed by its urge to show us a Hollywood-style triumph." (Read the full review...) 779 words, 12/10/10 David Germain, Associated Press: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a strange stew, a raw, genuine portrait of working-class stiffs one moment, a shrill-bordering-on-caricatured comedy of family discord and vulgar people the next." (Read the full review...) 884 words, 12/09/10 Thelma Adams, Us Weekly: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a supremely acted true story... The wiry, motor-mouthed Bale drives every scene he's in..." (Read the full review...) 88 words, 12/09/10 Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a satisfying, emotionally rounded tale of pugilistic passion and family psychodrama... This one, as thoughtful as it is rousing, scores a TKO." (Read the full review...) 537 words, 12/10/10 Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: OUTSTANDING (cg) "I have one word for Christian Bale: phenomenal." (Read the full review...) 519 words, 11/26/10 Claudia Puig, USA Today: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Wahlberg is said to have spent half a decade duking it out to get 'The Fighter' made. Thank goodness for his tenacity.... one of the year's best films." (Read the full review...) 462 words, 12/10/10 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Because we aren't deeply invested in Micky, we don't care as much as we should... the film ends on a note that should be triumph but feels more like simple conclusion." (Read the full review...) 731 words, 12/16/10 James Berardinelli, Reel Views: VERY GOOD (cg) "...contains sufficient emotional heft to offer a more satisfying experience than one often attains from a straightforward sports movie." (Read the full review...) 1,021 words, 12/10/10
A.O. Scott, New York Times: OUTSTANDING "...quick on its feet and packs a mighty punch. With solid bodywork, clever feints and tremendous heart, it scores at least a TKO... I can't quite exclaim, 'It's a knockout!' " (Read the full review...) 1,439 words, 12/10/10 Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: EXCELLENT (cg) "By far the most rousing, expertly cast movie this year... has an underdog ending you'll walk away raving about." (Read the full review...) 375 words, 12/10/10 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "...rousing... tries a number of risky maneuvers and manages to make them pay off in the end.... the inevitable classic finale is especially satisfying..." (Read the full review...) 859 words, 12/10/10 Kyle Smith, New York Post: MODERATE (cg) "...meant to reassure us that our social inferiors never say anything witty or achieve a moment of grace. Still, they might provide intermittent entertainment by beating each other up." (Read the full review...) 678 words, 12/10/10 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...one of the year's best, and I liked it even better the second time." (Read the full review...) 529 words, 12/17/10 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Not your usual biopic - this one is rollicking, funny and fully alive." (Read the full review...) 314 words, 12/17/10 David Edelstein, New York Magazine: VERY GOOD "...suggests that a seedy, nasty milieu can knock you down but also pick you up and shove you back in the ring to keep punching. It's a rousing picture." (Read the full review...) 626 words, 12/13/10 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Because we aren't deeply invested in Micky, we don't care as much as we should... the film ends on a note that should be triumph but feels more like simple conclusion." (Read the full review...) 731 words, 12/16/10 J. Hoberman, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "...a 'Rocky'-fied fairy tale for our time... plays out on the mean streets and in the dope dens of Clinton-era Lowell... settles into a predictably rutted narrative arc." (Read the full review...) 747 words, 12/08/10 Peter Howell, Toronto Star: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Christian Bale runs away with one of the most memorable performances of 2010.... He's at once shocking, infuriating, pitiful, prideful and hilarious." (Read the full review...) 740 words, 12/17/10 Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: VERY GOOD (cg) "Russell shoots the fight sequences without Scorsese's poetic flourishes but with something almost as good: a clear-eyed, no-nonsense, documentary panache." (Read the full review...) 719 words, 12/17/10 Josep Parera, La Opinion: EXCELLENT (cg) "Los personajes de 'The Fighter' no podían ser más fascinantes, algo que sus actores retratan con excelencia." (Read the full review...) 488 words, 12/10/10 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: WEAK (cg) "There are no surprises and no twists; everything plays out exactly as you expect it will. It's comfort food. But it's awfully bland stuff." (Read the full review...) 441 words, 12/16/10
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a tough, bare-knuckled, compassionate meditation on every family's rope-a-dope between tribal bonds and self-definition. Both, it turns out, are worth going to the mat for." (Read the full review...) 572 words, 12/17/10 Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...funny, ferocious, sad, sweet, pulpy, and violent. Sometimes, all in the same minute.... The family conflicts are as messy and intense as the slugfests in the ring." (Read the full review...) 504 words, 12/17/10 Mick LaSalle, Houston Chronicle/San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD (cg) "...entertaining from beginning to end and contains two brilliant and extreme supporting performances that are among the year's best." (Read the full review...) 779 words, 12/17/10 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Acting for the silver screen doesn't get more raw, moving or accomplished... that rare film in which every performer in it leaves the viewer in awe." (Read the full review...) 628 words, 12/17/10 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a great, gutsy boxing story... knowingly detailed... a casual masterpiece, an irresistibly enjoyable film that makes everything else in theaters feel like yesterday's news." (Read the full review...) 586 words, 12/17/10 Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...makes use of some terrific performances - Christian Bale is brilliant, as is Melissa Leo... Adams breaks out of the pretty-little-princess mold with a powerful performance." (Read the full review...) 681 words, 12/17/10 Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...triumphs by making the standard moves feel modern, by adding some grit to the family melodrama and carving out a sense of media savvy." (Read the full review...) 572 words, 12/17/10 Ty Burr, Boston Globe: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...doesn't go out with a bang but with the less showy sound of a man winning a bigger battle by decision." (Read the full review...) 1,019 words, 12/10/10 Clint O'Connor, Cleveland Plain-Dealer: EXCELLENT (cg) "...a likable, lighthearted boxing flick that features several winning performances, chief among them: Christian Bale as Dicky Eklund." (Read the full review...) 455 words, 12/17/10 Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "...very compelling, as we watch this family imploding.... well-acted, to be sure, but less complex and less interesting than what's come before... 'Raging Bull' this isn't..." (Read the full review...) 393 words, 12/17/10 Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...hits you with drop-dead force. In short, it's terrific." (Read the full review...) 701 words, 12/17/10 Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...if Bale doesn't get an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor, there's simply no justice. His performance is a marvel: impassioned, persuasive and raw." (Read the full review...) 330 words, 12/17/10 Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "All the emotional punches land solidly, to occasionally devastating effect, but at the conclusion you're not sure which competing cliche wins." (Read the full review...) 539 words, 12/16/10 Tom Long, Detroit News: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Grand entertainment -- inspirational, funny, dazzling and surprising... one of the year's best." (Read the full review...) 673 words, 12/17/10 Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...insanely rousing... has an electric, captivating power that has nothing to do with 'Rocky' clichés. The picture's secret weapon is Bale..." (Read the full review...) 739 words, 12/17/10
J. Hoberman, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "...a 'Rocky'-fied fairy tale for our time... plays out on the mean streets and in the dope dens of Clinton-era Lowell... settles into a predictably rutted narrative arc." (Read the full review...) 747 words, 12/08/10 Katey Rich, Cinema Blend: EXCELLENT (cg) "...the phenomenal performances and Russell's dogged interest in them make the film rousing, surprisingly funny, and even heartfelt too." (Read the full review...) 737 words, 12/10/10 Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: VERY GOOD (cg) "...triumphs exuberantly as a crowd-pleasing underdog fight flick. But it really connects as a horrible and hilarious deconstruction of family values gone nuclear." (Read the full review...) 620 words, 12/09/10 Scott Tobias, AV Club: EXCELLENT (cg) "...endearingly offbeat... a reminder of how satisfying these movies can be when they're done right." (Read the full review...) 361 words, 12/09/10 Nick Schager, Slant: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...convincingly soulful and consistently magnetic..." (Read the full review...) 681 words, 12/05/10 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: WEAK (cg) "There are no surprises and no twists; everything plays out exactly as you expect it will. It's comfort food. But it's awfully bland stuff." (Read the full review...) 441 words, 12/16/10 Curt Holman, Atlanta Creative Loafing: EXCELLENT (cg) "...a major comeback for Russell, who cultivates a spontaneous vibe in the acting and rock soundtrack and explores the costs of drug addiction without delivering clichéd sermons." (Read the full review...) 446 words, 12/17/10
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: OUTSTANDING "...a perfectly remarkable movie... Against all odds, 'The Fighter' snatches hope, and then elation, from the jaws of grinding defeat." (Read the full review...) 638 words, 12/10/10 A.O. Scott, New York Times: OUTSTANDING "...quick on its feet and packs a mighty punch. With solid bodywork, clever feints and tremendous heart, it scores at least a TKO... I can't quite exclaim, 'It's a knockout!' " (Read the full review...) 1,439 words, 12/10/10 Anthony Lane, New Yorker: WEAK "...the jitters in mood here suggest a director striving to keep control of bumpy material.... for all the dedication of its players, takes a heavy swing at us, and misses." (Read the full review...) 958 words, 12/06/10 David Edelstein, NPR Fresh Air: VERY GOOD "...messiness has an upside. It gives the characters room and the movie texture, so when it does get you, you're good and got." (Listen to the full review...) 422 seconds, 12/10/10 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "...rousing... tries a number of risky maneuvers and manages to make them pay off in the end.... the inevitable classic finale is especially satisfying..." (Read the full review...) 859 words, 12/10/10 Dana Stevens, Slate: OUTSTANDING "...a rough-edged and proudly unpolished movie with a wealth of odd, funny details." (Read the full review...) 1,010 words, 12/09/10 Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: OUTSTANDING "...a movie so rousing, so real and so full of complicated emotions that it all feels brand-new." (Read the full review...) 1,095 words, 12/09/10
Peter Debruge, Daily Variety: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...feels like kind of a mess, lurching from one scene to the next as if the film itself has taken a few hits to the head... that's not entirely a bad thing." (Read the full review...) 1,010 words, 11/10/10 Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: MODERATE "...never quite earns your sympathy.... The characters engage you up to a point but never really pull you in." (Read the full review...) 1,215 words, 11/16/10 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "...rousing... tries a number of risky maneuvers and manages to make them pay off in the end.... the inevitable classic finale is especially satisfying..." (Read the full review...) 859 words, 12/10/10 Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: EXCELLENT (cg) "...a gritty, affectionately humorous, stirring comeback tale of an unlikely boxing hero... the film belongs to Melissa Leo and Christian Bale..." (Read the full review...) 1,209 words, 11/26/10 A.O. Scott, New York Times: OUTSTANDING "...quick on its feet and packs a mighty punch. With solid bodywork, clever feints and tremendous heart, it scores at least a TKO... I can't quite exclaim, 'It's a knockout!' " (Read the full review...) 1,439 words, 12/10/10 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: OUTSTANDING "...a perfectly remarkable movie... Against all odds, 'The Fighter' snatches hope, and then elation, from the jaws of grinding defeat." (Read the full review...) 638 words, 12/10/10
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