The Champ

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KB B This was such a compelling movie that I'd completely forgotten about. It has great acting and storyline. It's definitely a tearjerker and worth the watch. 40%...Hmmmmm Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/27/24 Full Review Suzanne C This was my favorite movie as a kid. Major tear jerker! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/15/24 Full Review jacob b I'm not going to go around saying that this is the best movie ever or anything (guys, I've seen 12 Years a Slave and that film's definitely a major tearjerker) and, remake or not, the boxing angle feels to me like MGM is cashing in on Rocky's massive success but overall, I do think The Champ is an effective drama. The performances are top-notch, the dynamic between father and son is compelling and of course, it's really sad. It's not a neverending parade of misery but the sad scenes really stick, even before the ending. Mostly scenes relating to Faye Dunaway as the mother whom Jon Voight has told his son was dead (it was a very bitter divorce). The scene where the dad was in jail and reluctantly broke his son's heart was the most memorable moment for me. Is The Champ strictly required viewing for boxing fans? Probably not. Boxing doesn't factor into the story until the third act. But if you feel like watching something a bit more on the angst side without being too bleak, The Champ seems like a good choice to me...and certain audiences also get a chance to see late 30's Jon Voight shirtless so you can maybe see where his daughter Angelina Jolie gets her good looks from ;) (it actually says something about the direction and acting that the scenes don't lose their dramatic edge during these moments that would be perceived as gratuitous). Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review steve b To those, both critics and "civilians", who rated the movie poorly: It's no sin for a movie to be a tearjerker, and it's no shame to cry watching this one. Heck, if you don't, you have no heart. To those who haven't seen it: do, absolutely. The plot is perfectly plausible; I disagree the director goes out of his way to entice tears from the audience. Every scene has its purpose (and is not there just to make you tear up). Acting ranges from great (Dunaway and most of the cast) to brilliant (Voight) to out of this world (the kid). Again, do not miss this one. It will make you sad for a moment, but also richer for a profound experience and grateful for the things we usually take for granted Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Absolute tear jerker. But brilliant movie. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Wildly overdramatic, with endless reasons given just to make poor Ricky Schroeder cry endlessly. Almost seems like child abuse putting a child through all of that. Director Franco Zeffirelli has always been more overt in his directing. And that works fine for dramatic Shakespearean works like "Romeo and Juliet" and "Hamlet." But it just goes over the top here when endless downfalls keep being forced on the characters and the audience. Faye Dunaway seems to have taken the role mainly for all the fancy outfits. Future nut job Jon Voight is way too intelligent, as critics have sighted, to play the "dumb mug" of the title. You just never believe it. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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