A tough Irish kid from the streets, Braddock was a once-promising light heavyweight boxer forced to give up on boxing after losing a number of fights. As the United States enters the Great Depression, Braddock worked at a variety of menial jobs to support his family, but still dreams of somehow returning to boxing and making it big. Thanks to a last minute cancellation by another boxer, Braddock gets a second chance to fight but is put up against the number two ranked fighter in the world by the promoters who see Braddock as nothing more than a punching bag. Braddock stuns the boxing experts and fans with a third round knockout of his formidable opponent. Fighting with permanent injuries to his hands, Braddock continues to win and before long he comes to represent the hopes and aspirations of the American public coping with Depression. Dubbed the "Cinderella Man," in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, he will defeat the seemingly invincible Max Baer to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
CinderellaMan is not a movie about boxing, but about this boxer who personified the heart and hope of 1935.
CinderellaMan's key emotional moments feel as if they've been predigested for an audience that can't be trusted to feel things for itself but needs to be firmly albeit lovingly pointed in the appropriate direction.
I thought CinderellaMan was one of the best movies of the year and it is a true travisty that it was not nominated in many of the awards programs.
CinderellaMan is a 2005 American Academy Award-nominated drama film titled after the nickname and inspired by the real life story of former Heavyweight boxing champion, James J. Braddock.
Fighting with permanent injuries to his hands, Braddock continues to win and before long he comes to represent the hopes and aspirations of the American public coping with the Depression.
Dubbed the "CinderellaMan," in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, he would eventually defeat the seemingly invincible Max Baer to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
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