"June 3 - Cinderella Man. What's this not doing in Oscar season? Cross A Beautiful Mind with Seabiscuit, and this is probably what you get."


I saw the trailer for this movie, and it looked absolutely horrible, so I'm not surprised. Every boxing cliche you've ever seen, packed into one small trailer; I can only imagine the movie. The defeated boxer sitting slump-shouldered on the edge of the ring with his manager giving words of encouragement. The wife (laughingly accented by take-a-vacation-already Renee Zellweger) saying that she'll stand behind him no matter what. Etc. This movie? Will be terrible.

And what bad marketing, calling it "Cinderella Man". Generally speaking, your market for a Russell Crowe boxing movie is young men. Are they going to buy tickets to a movie with "Cinderella" in the title? No way.

-- Trip