Every dream deserves a fighting chance.
Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, contemporary and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
Who loves it, who doesn't
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Cast
- Mark WahlbergMicky Ward
- Christian BaleDicky Eklund
- Amy AdamsCharlene Fleming
- Melissa LeoAlice Ward
- Mickey O'KeefeMickey O'Keefe
- Jack McGeeGeorge Ward
- Melissa McMeekin"Little Alice" Eklund
- Bianca HunterCathy "Pork" Eklund
- Erica McDermottCindy "Tar" Eklund
- Jill QuiggDonna Eklund Jaynes
Crew
- David O. RussellDirector
- Paul TamasyScreenplay
- Eric JohnsonScreenplay
- Scott SilverScreenplay
- Hoyte van HoytemaDirector of Photography
- Michael BrookOriginal Music Composer
- Pamela MartinEditor
- David HobermanProducer
- Dorothy AufieroProducer
- Mark WahlbergProducer
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Rain Man 198877% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form.
Elementary 201280% alikeSeries · Both earnest, contemporary, classical in form.
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