Boxing drama hits hardest out of the ring
, actor Jack Huston’s debut feature as a writer-director, the mood is meditative as middleweight boxer Mikey Flannigan prepares for the biggest fight of his career.
We walk with him through the streets of 1980s Brooklyn, rendered in striking black-and-white, as he meets with monumental figures in his life and tries to find peace along the way. Named after and partially inspired by a 1951 short film of the same name by Stanley Kubrick ,boasts a stacked cast, gorgeous cinematography, and moving moments. However, it can’t help but hit the sports movie clichés found often in the genre.
The second scene that comes to mind is when Mikey confronts his father . Mikey’s father has been built up in the film as an abusive, crass, oppressive force in Mikey’s life, but in the retirement home we finally meet him in, he’s rendered silent by ill health. Pitt and Pesci’s work – although verbally one-sided – is as chock-full of meaning and feeling as the exchange with Magaro earlier.
The script can feel like a retread of sports films past, even though the actual sport doesn’t emerge until the end of the film. It’s always a welcome sight to see a quiet, emotional film get made, but it would be better if the film had a screenplay that matches the soulfulness and warmth of its cast. Whenlets its actors do their work despite the heavy-handed writing, it can really shine.is a promising debut for Huston.
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