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This movie was not about a girl boxing.
The boxing was an articulation of the characters not the point of the movie.
Rudey is right about one thing. Had the movie ended at the end of the second act I would have left the movie happy and uplifted. And I think if the story had been a screen play from the beginning hollywood would have done that (its adapted from a book). Or maybe just ended it after the "twist".
But then the movie would have been less about the people involved and more about wishfulfillment.
Instead the third act is dramatically and emotionally relentless.
ITs not melodrama like so many other movies where mood is exagerated, its poignancy is a simple stark portrayal of a human condition most of us do not ever want to think about. Don't leave the theatre during the third act, every scene shows some aspect of pain.
I left the movie dustirbed and glad I went by myself. Having someone there prattling would have ruined the experience.
Go see this movie.
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