Art Aragon, Candy Clark, Curtis Cokes
An up-and-comer picks up a has-been boxer from the gutter he's been sharing with a sloppy drunk.
DVD Release Date: December 10, 2002
Stats: 96 reviews
a really good and gritty drama that must contain the performance of stacy keach's career. he plays a washed up fighter pushing 30 who meets young jeff bridges on his way up. and just who the hell is susan tyrell? i wanted to slap her in every scene. outstanding performance. ...( read more)
My favourite John Huston film with amazing performances by Keach and Susan Tyrrell. Jeff Bridges is great as well. Depressing, but somewhat inspiring as well.
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Under the then-extant rules, Keach should have been awarded Best Actor honors from the New York Film C...( read more)
Good boxing film with great performances. The script was weak, but the plot srong. It was starting to become a genius film, but left me incomplete. Of course the ending was well made and directed, but turned out to be unappropriate.
58/100
Fat City is a film about boxing, life, and the american dream. A film about taking hits from your opponents, as well as taking them from life outside of the ring. The characters protrayed by Keach and Bridges are similar in many ways, but what makes them different is how they tak...( read more)
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