Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, and Brian Cox were all phenomenal in this movie! Unfortunately, the actual movie was definitely flawed, the first half felt a bit all over the place and lacked any real substance. It definitely did pick up in the second half, but overall it was a decent film, but nothing more. I will say, the boxing scenes (though, few and far between), were done really well and that's definitely credit to Barry McGuigan training with DDL, getting him truly ready for the role.
It was amazing to see this movie today at the BFI, as afterwards Barry McGuigan was there for a little Q&A and it was beautifully spoken and put together. He himself mentioned how hard DDL had worked for the part, and in turn could've actually became a decent journeyman in the sport (not that he would because he's an incredible actor so there wouldn't be much point in doing so), but I thought that was particularly interesting.
Great day... Okay movie.
Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, and Brian Cox were all phenomenal in this movie! Unfortunately, the actual movie was definitely flawed, the first half felt a bit all over the place and lacked any real substance. It definitely did pick up in the second half, but overall it was a decent film, but nothing more. I will say, the boxing scenes (though, few and far between), were done really well and that's definitely credit to Barry McGuigan training with DDL, getting him truly ready for the role.
It was amazing to see this movie today at the BFI, as afterwards Barry McGuigan was there for a little Q&A and it was beautifully spoken and put together. He himself mentioned how hard DDL had worked for the part, and in turn could've actually became a decent journeyman in the sport (not that he would because he's an incredible actor so there wouldn't be much point in doing so), but I thought that was particularly interesting.
Great day... Okay movie.
