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Beautiful Boxer

Play trailer Poster for Beautiful Boxer Released Feb 7, 2005 1h 48m Drama LGBTQ+ Play Trailer Watchlist
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A Thai man (Asanee Suwan) who wants to have a sex-change operation becomes a champion kickboxer.
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Beautiful Boxer blends boxing and identity politics to create a striking, if overdrawn, portrait of self discovery.

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Hank Sartin Chicago Reader The cinematography tends toward cramped framing and busy composition but opens up nicely for the exciting fight sequences. Apr 12, 2010 Full Review Empire Magazine Rated: 3/5 Apr 1, 2006 Full Review Jamie Woolley BBC.com An inspiring drama which, despite its uneven nature, still manages to pack a punch. Rated: 3/5 Aug 9, 2005 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 4/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Brandon Judell New York Theatre Wire Beautiful Boxer: Boys Do Cry Jul 3, 2005 Full Review Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI) A rather sensitive and sweet biopic about a someone who believes he's unfairly trapped in a man's body, a body he can use to whale the tar out of his opponents. Rated: 3/4 May 12, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member I was 5 or 6 year old when I first watched this. I totally remember this even though I'm 16 year old now...this is a great movie.... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member A surprisingly beautiful film. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Actually this is a re watch for me. Beautiful Boxer is a superbly told story, a true story and a very touching story. As usual I will let you read the blurb. It is not a story for everyone, however, everyone should watch it. You may not like it but you will all learn from it. The story us very well acted, excellently directed and beautifully shot. It is amazing. Now this story is not for everyone's library. It should be there and it us in mine. If you have not seen it rent it, stream it, or if you find a copy buy it. Thus film is definitely worth it. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member another gay movie, but this one's differect because he is actually a boxer and based on a true story. it's a good movie with good actors and the editing was also nice. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review jesse o Objectively I'd say this was a very good movie, but I just find that the movie is excessively sentimental and the acting can be downright awful at times. The problem is the movie, from beginning to end, is very sentimental. And that's just not something that I find to be good storytelling. In the end, though, I think this is a story that deserves to be told but not in this manner. The movie's cinematography also isn't particularly good but that's the least of my issues. The acting is hit and miss, there's some scenes, mostly involving the kids, that are simply embarrassing. I think the movie does a good job at presenting Nong Toom as a very likable character that you can sort of root for and his search for what he truly wants in his life. The fighting scenes are decent but they are a little repetitive. So really...it's got a good story but its sentimentality and poor acting keep it from being much more than it could be. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member If you are bent you should like this movie. Highly watchable. Asanee is one HOT male kick boxer. I like this movie a lot, A real Lot. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A Thai man (Asanee Suwan) who wants to have a sex-change operation becomes a champion kickboxer.
Director
Ekachai Uekrongtham
Producer
Ekachai Uekrongtham
Screenwriter
Ekachai Uekrongtham, Desmond Sim
Distributor
Regal Films Company
Production Co
GMM Pictures Co.
Genre
Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 7, 2005, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 17, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$133.5K
Runtime
1h 48m