Nurse.Fighter.Boy

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Nurse.Fighter.Boy

2008

1h 33m

Drama

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An urban love story tells of the heart of a fighter.

Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

This risky, rewarding drama blends emotional naturalism with a formal style in the story of its three titular characters -- a young Jamaican-Canadian mother with sickle-cell anemia, an ex-boxer looking for a human connection and a 12-year-old boy.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 6, 2009

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Jason Anderson

Toronto Star

Strong performances and striking cinematography help this first film by Toronto's Charles Officer move with more grace than its heavy-going storyline would have normally allowed.

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 6, 2009

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

A well intentioned but pervasively uneven piece of work...

Rated: 2/4

Nov 9, 2010

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Liz Braun

Jam! Movies

The film is carried completely by the performances; the nurse and the fighter exchange few words, for example, but their mutual attraction is conveyed perfectly by the actors.

Rated: 3.5/5

Feb 6, 2009

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Amazing movie I love it

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/09/21

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Audience Member

Wonderful movie Beautiful Great movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/25/20

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Audience Member

A beautiful emotional experience more than a film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

this film has good intentions to become a better film but it was to prentious and boring despite the talented cast it had to offer

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

Between a 6/10 and 7/10, the puzzlingly punctuated title is a tip-off that characters here are to be taken with several grains of mythopoeic salt. In the end, things wind down in an overly conventional way. But taken on the level of urban fable, though, the movie is a satisfyingly soulful exploration of the African diaspora and its beautiful discontents.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

a powerful canadian film about hope, promise and redemption

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Synopsis

An urban love story tells of the heart of a fighter.

Director: Charles Officer
Producer: Ingrid Veninger
Screenwriter: Charles Officer, Ingrid Veninger
Production Co: Canadian Film Centre
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 17, 2016
Runtime: 1h 33m

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