Boxing at the cinema always works. Several young directors of the South (Marcello Sanna author of the award-winning documentary "Strings" and Joseph Gagliardi, director of "Tatanka" exit in the next room) I have explained, on separate occasions, why. The boxer is like an actor, the ring is a stage. Boxing is a sport where the look "spectacular" has a decisive influence. And in fact the union has given boxing film and film offers and, if not always works, but rarely leave the audience indifferent, even those who do not like "violence" (although in boxing are not talking about real violence, but this is another story ).... as myself. So if "Raging Bull" remains, in my opinion, unsurpassed for a variety of factors, however, can not talk about "evil" of "The Fighter" for a few days in Italian cinemas. David O. Russell has put together a dream team of actors to talk about the story, true, two brothers boxers: one (Mark Wahlberg) with a hand in all the possibilities of becoming a champion, the other (Christian Bale) brilliant boxer ended in disgrace following the path of the crack. All around the two characters move the family and society "proletarian" U.S.. Bale and Melissa Leo (the mother of two boys) were rewarded with an Oscar. Both are, in fact, excellent though it is worth mentioning in particular the provision of Christian Bale, which undoubtedly affects. But it is precisely entire dream team of actors at work and you must give credit to the director of choosing the "faces" right. For the rest
"The fighter" runs well. The interesting thing stylistically is a sort of "slip" (as Bale's character careens) between the drama and irony, between the ruthlessness of the sport, family relationships, life in general, and the sweetness of satisfaction, ' love, the existence in fact. The film remains in the balance between these two extremes, both in the way of telling the story, as in the choice of direction, because, again, in the direction of the actors. All and all express, in alternate moments, a feeling of bitter-sweet interesting. Di Bale captures the human drama (drugs, expectations disappointed), but also the first "comic" actor has a grotesque mask that softens and unnerving, nervous and makes you smile. The same applies to the handful of ugly sisters of the two boys, ditto for Melissa Leo and her husband and all the supporting actors. The one that comes out of this juxtaposition is that Wahlberg is the one who "takes" more seriously.
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