Based on 92 votes and 33 reviews.
it's flashdance for today's generation.
i finally got oruand to seeing the fighter, and i agree that bale's performance is electric. there was an underlying sadness to many of the scenes revolving oruand bale's character, and thankfully russell doesn't overdo it with any sentimentality that is typical of similar movies. my only problems with the movie are that some of the fight choreography feels rocky -like), wahlberg is a tad shallow in his acting, and rifts are too easily patched up and the movie ends predictably.
The Leonard Cohen song, "Take this Waltz", has the lyrics "Take this waltz, take this waltz It's yours now. It's all that there is." Sarah Polley includes Cohen's song at the key moment, as she tells an intense story of voided relationships. The story is of Margot, a beautiful Michelle Williams and her partially satisfying and comfortable marriage to Lou, a believable Seth Rogen. Margot perceives gaps in her relationship and sees in Daniel (Luke Kirby) what she lacks. Includes some racy scenes but in context, and it's really a stunningly beautiful, romantic and insightful movie. Not just a chick's flick but it does move slowly at times as it plumbs relationships and context, and some guys