Ron Howard and Russell Crowe seem to have set their beautiful minds on some more Oscars with this real-life story about boxer Jim Braddock, who slips into sporting mediocrity after losing his title fight and into desperate financial conditions after losing his savings to the Great Depression, only to pull off an amazing comeback that turns him into a working class hero and brings food back on the table of his starving family (Renee Zellweger and three small kids). After winning all the fights everyone thought he would lose, he agrees to take on the heavyweight world champion, who has already killed two men in the ring (but still seems like a very nice guy on Wikipedia)

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