The Good Son: The Life of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini

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The Good Son: The Life of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini

2013

1h 29m

Documentary

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The father of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini had a marked influence on the boxer's life and career.

Ben Travers

IndieWire

06/30/2014

B

The singular focus is not a fatal flaw. Not at all, really. It's merely a question haunting The Good Son even when its concentration steers the viewer away from it.

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Farran Smith Nehme

New York Post

08/09/2013

2.5/4

Mancini is a tremendously sympathetic figure, a hard-working man who became a fighter because he wanted to make things right, and still does.

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Rob Nelson

Variety

08/08/2013

Connects on emotional levels in the telling of an up-from-nothing brawler whose colorful career climaxed in tragedy.

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Shannon M. Houston

Paste Magazine

08/29/2013

7/10

With commentary from Sugar Ray Leonard, Mickey Rourke, and others who witnessed the exceptional journey and career of Youngstown's finest, another powerful boxing story has been told.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

08/12/2013

B+

Don't miss "The Good Son."

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Frank Lovece

Film Journal International

08/09/2013

Superb documentary about the famed boxer haunted by an opponent's death in the ring three decades ago, and a heart-tugging reconciliation.

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11/12/2015

It doesn't get any more real than this. A powerful and heartbreaking story that will grip you right until the end.

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06/28/2014

Sad but great story and even greater man.

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04/07/2014

Starts off a bit slow, but becomes very interesting and sad. My heart broke more than once watching this!!

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12/10/2013

I don't follow boxing and I have little exposure to it but the Warren Zevon song has always been a favourite of mine so watching this was fulfilling to a degree, refreshing in that it feels authentic and satisfying in that it answered questions well. $10 worth of a movie

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Jesse James Miller

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Ed O'Neill

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Synopsis

The father of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini had a marked influence on the boxer's life and career.

Director: Jesse James Miller
Producer: Mark Kreigel, Jesse James Miller, Chris Tavlarides, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini
Screenwriter: Jesse James Miller
Production Co: Network Entertainment
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 5, 2016
Runtime: 1h 29m

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