Alan Alda, Dakota Goyo, Josh Hartnett
When up-and-coming sports writer Erik Kernan saves a homeless man from a scrape with a group of rowdy college kids, he unwittingly finds himself face to face with no ordinary bum, but Champ, the one-t...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 26, 2008
Stats: 1,445 reviews
Based upon a true story, this film might have made a greater impact had the writing been better. The actors did a great job, even without a great script. Samuel L Jackson was magnificent. The story is filled with good morals, and I'd really hoped to rate this one much higher. ...( read more)
I had never heard od the story till I saw a preview for the movie a while back. The cast was excellent, Samuel can't do no wrong, even in his bad movies. The story was very compelling and sucked me right in. Very interesting, funny how easy it is still to believe...but good. With...( read more)
Based on a true story, that was based on a lie.
Resurrecting the Champ is a movie co-starring Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett, in which struggling sports writer Erik Kernan (Hartnett) meets a homeless man who claims to be "Champ," a former boxing champion who many believe ...( read more)
Pretty good movie, decent story. There could/should have been way more depth to it though, I never got involved emotionally with any of the characters. And I don't get why people keep talking about SLJ's performance (which is phenomenal btw) and skip over Hartnett, I thought he...( read more)
I'm not much of a Sam Jackson fan but he did a good job in this movie. Not really a sports flix, Good Story Base. Worth the buy or the Rent, Will add to my collection.
The movie started off kinda slow but then
picked up when the twist happened
After the forgetttable Freedomland and the godawful, Snakes on a plane, I was pretty reluctant to watch any more of Samuel L Jackson movies. However, here he delivered one of the best performance in his career and I haven t seen Hartnett is a very good and suitable role in a whil...( read more)
Since it may be about more than just guys pummeling each other, Ill probably watch it.
weird flick...but Josh Hartnett was in it so I watched it...alittle confusing to follow
"An amazing underated movie, Sam Jackson is always a great actor for me but he was stunning in this. Josh Hartnett gave the best performance of his career, just an amazing movie."
Resurrecting the Champ is enjoyable in the moment -- But it's the complexity of Lurie's moral universe that makes it linger in the mind. full review
Jackson disappears into his role, completely convincing, but then he usually is. What a fine actor. full review
This is at heart a story about fathers and sons and self-discovery, and on that score it's a knockout. full review
I have to thank the perivious comment for saving me alot of typing this movie was far below my expectations i was very disapointed I went into the theater expecting another underdog story. Remember the Titans-esque. I didn't get that. What I did get was a rambling of facts, opinions, and thoughts all roled in to a pretty boring movie. Samuel L. Jackson was amazing, as always. Definetly a different character than he usually plays. Josh Hartnett was eh. He always seems like he tries to ride by on his looks and not his talent. Next to SLJ, he looked horrible. And Kathryn Morris... boring. Stick to TV, Kathryn. This may be a harsh review, but this movie was not up to par in my opinion. Takes way too long and sidetracks way too much. I will admit, I cried. It is hard not to. But that doesn't make a movie. All-in-all, great movie to rent, not a great movie to spend 10 bucks on. Wait for the DVD!! Trust my not much boxing in it either!!
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