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	Cinderella Man (2005): Reviews
		Cinderella Man is not a movie about boxing, but about this boxer who personified the heart and hope of 1935.
		Cinderella Man's key emotional moments feel as if they've been predigested for an audience that can't be trusted to feel things for itself but needs to be firmly albeit lovingly pointed in the appropriate direction.
		I thought Cinderella Man was one of the best movies of the year and it is a true travisty that it was not nominated in many of the awards programs.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/cinderellaman (1500 words)

	Cinderella Man - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cinderella Man is a 2005 American Academy Award-nominated drama film titled after the nickname and inspired by the real life story of former Heavyweight boxing champion, James J. Braddock.
		Fighting with permanent injuries to his hands, Braddock continues to win and before long he comes to represent the hopes and aspirations of the American public coping with the Depression.
		Dubbed the "Cinderella Man," in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, he would eventually defeat the seemingly invincible Max Baer to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cinderella_Man (770 words)

	"Cinderella Man" - Salon
		Ron Howard's "Cinderella Man," which tells the inherently gripping story of James J. Braddock (played by Russell Crowe), an impoverished prizefighter who turned his luck around to become the world heavyweight champ during the Depression, can't just be a boxing movie, or even a movie about an interesting, principled guy who became a boxing legend.
		"Cinderella Man" is a movie about the indomitability of the American spirit, and those are always far less interesting than movies about actual people.
		But "Cinderella Man" -- possibly a slight improvement on the dorkily cloying "Million Dollar Baby," but not by much -- is what passes for an American boxing movie these days.
	www.salon.com /ent/movies/review/2005/06/03/cinderella_man/index.html (1144 words)

	Cinderella Man Movie - The Hollywood News
		Cinderella Man is a heartrending slice of depression-era Americana, that while admittedly melodramatic at times, manages to win you over nonetheless.
		They claim that the man was, in truth, haunted by these deaths and that he was plagued by nightmares throughout the rest of his life.
		In any case, Cinderella Man is a wonderfully powerful film, the fight sequences are as visceral and realistic as any I’ve seen on film.
	www.thehollywoodnews.com /reviews/3159.php (927 words)

	Filmtracks: Cinderella Man (Thomas Newman)
		Cinderella Man: (Thomas Newman) In what promises to provide the first sure-fire Oscar buzz of 2005, Cinderella Man reunites the star and major crew of A Beautiful Mind for a historical sports film with attention to detail as its knockout ally.
		While the bravado and large-scale crescendos of Angels in America and his other recent successes are not present in the vast majority of Cinderella Man, the score is built on a solid orchestral foundation worthy of the era.
		Overall, on album, Cinderella Man features less than 30 minutes of score, with the cues (sometimes beginning with the sound effects of crowd noise) often exiting as quickly as they enter.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/cinderella_man.html (1008 words)

	Cinderella Man - Scathing Reviews for Bitchy People
		Cinderella Man tracks the true-life story of James J. Braddock (Russell Crowe), an on-the-rise boxer in the late 1920s, who not only loses his fortunes, but — plagued by injuries and a weak left jab — his career’s upward trajectory when the Depression hits in 1929.
		Indeed, Cinderella Man may be the first film in the history of the Harvard Square Theater not involving the Red Sox, Matt Damon, or Michael Moore to rouse the normally dour, cynical Cambridge-area intellectual elites into actual fucking applause.
		Somehow, Crowe imbues a man whose profession it is to beat other people into pulp with quiet gravitas, creating (with a pitch-perfect 1930s Jersey accent) a character with a glower that is part humble and part menacing but entirely riveting.
	www.pajiba.com /cinderella-man.htm (735 words)

	Review: Cinderella Man (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Yet "Cinderella" isn't the home run one might expect given the tale and the eminence of the talent.
		Yet "Cinderella Man" only seems to create headaches and confusion when it comes time to strap the gloves on.
		"Cinderella Man" is endowed with a fairly luxurious running time (140 minutes), and Howard leaves no moment of triumph unexploited.
	www.filmfodder.com /movies/reviews/cinderella_man/20050531.htm (590 words)

	Cinderella Man (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		"Cinderella Man" deserves to be placed alongside other great biographical films dealing with the lives and times of great boxers.
		In the case of "Cinderella Man," we are given a detailed and heart-rending portrait of the Great Depression in American.
		Indeed, the characters and the story were the strong points of "Cinderella Man." Much credit should go to Cliff Hollingsworth for a screenplay that included thoughtful dialogue, humor, and multi-dimensional characters.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0352248 (892 words)

	Cinderella Man
		Now, they have to move over to make room for another film, Cinderella Man. Part of the criteria to enter this acclaimed group is the film needs to exceed beyond a story about boxing, it has to delve into the rawest corners of human motivation.
		She is tormented by having to sit by and watch the man she loves deeply fail to provide for them.
		He is the sounding board for Braddock, the man that offers the way out to a desperate man. Giamatti has that everyman look that the audience identifies with immediately.
	www.hometheaterinfo.com /cinderella_man.htm (1449 words)

	HD DVD Review: Cinderella Man \| High-Def Digest
		But no, America did not love 'Cinderella Man,' and though most critics swooned, the film went quickly down for the count at the box office, barely scrapping past $60 million.
		What most impressed me about 'Cinderella Man's mix is the nice integration of the score (another typically fine effort from 'Shawshank Redemption' composer Thomas Newman) with the dialogue, largely during the first half of the film.
		"The Man, The Movie, The Legend: A Filmmaking Journey," is perhaps the most interesting of the bunch, if only because Penny Marshall was originally set to direct 'Cinderella Man,' and she talks opening about liking the material but ultimately departing the project before Howard stepped in.
	hddvd.highdefdigest.com /cinderellaman.html (2242 words)

	Cinderella Man
		Driven by love and devotion to his family, honor, dignity and grit, he took the chance of a one-time fight in order to pay back his debts, get out of poverty and his three kids back; his wife had been forced to send their children (shivering in an unheated apartment) to other family members.
		Cinderella Man is a true American fairy-tale with a Hollywood-ending.
		Cinderella Man is a film directed by Ron Howard.
	www.cosmopolis.ch /english/film/63/cinderella_man.htm (1966 words)

	CINDERELLA MAN
		"Cinderella Man" is planned for December release starring Russell Crowe and Renee Zellweger in the story of Braddock, a Depression-era boxer.
		Shooting on Cinderella Man was initially supposed to commence in March but was delayed to April 19 after its star dislocated his shoulder in January while training for the role of real-life fighter Jim Braddock.
		Cinderella Man tells the true tale of how Braddock became a legend after winning a vicious 15-round match against reigning heavyweight champion Max Baer in 1935 during the height of the Great Depression.
	www.reneesfansite.com /cinderella_man.htm (4457 words)

	Cinderella Man (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Cinderella Man is a largely faithful biopic of Depression-era heavyweight champion Jim Braddock, played by rugged leading man Russell Crowe.
		He was a man of integrity who put his family before pride and the pursuit of success during one of the darkest periods in American history.
		But in Cinderella Man, he really takes the subject on entirely and with the same kind of unpretentiousness and realism he brought forth in Apollo 13.
	www.kungfucinema.com /reviews/cinderellaman_120705.htm (1968 words)

	Reviews: Cinderella Man - Christianity Today Movies
		The title Cinderella Man was originally coined by classic New York journalist Damon Runyan, who is cited at the film's start as calling James Braddock the ultimate human interest story.
		It soon becomes clear that this isn't a movie about a man trying to recover honor or glory, or a boxer trying to defeat the bad guy (though Baehr is rightly portrayed as a self-serving "killer and clown," but he's not a murderer or evil).
		Cinderella Man is rated PG-13 for "some language," but there's actually a lot of it, which you might expect from a movie set in the streets and boxing rings of New York and New Jersey.
	www.christianitytoday.com /movies/reviews/cinderellaman.html (2452 words)

	Cinderella Man (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Jim, now dubbed the âCinderella Man,â is lined up to fight the undefeated heavyweight champion of the world, Max Baer, an arrogant giant who has already killed two men in the ring.
		Another man sticks up for Jim when the boxerâs ability to work the docks is questioned because of his broken hand.
		Police are shown beating a protestor with sticks, while another man is said to be trampled in a riot.
	www.pluggedinonline.com /movies/movies/a0002175.cfm (1758 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Cinderella Man [2005]: DVD: Russell Crowe,Renee Zellweger,Paul Giamatti,Craig Bierko,Bruce McGill,Paddy ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Cinderella Man is a wholesome slice of old-fashioned Americana, offering welcomed relief from the shallowness of many summer blockbusters.
		The only problem is that Baer wasn't a bad man. He had faults just like everybody else but he was not a cold hearted man killer who took a pride in his reputation of being a lethal puncher.
		Baer still has living relatives who are having to watch a man they knew and loved and who died of a heartattack at a relatively young age, turned into a pantomime villian to suit the scriptwriters.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Cinderella-Man-Russell-Crowe/dp/B000B7QNX0 (1361 words)

	Cinderella Man: Some Reflections
		In Cinderella Man we see many different faces of Russell Crowe/Jim Braddock: the face of athletic intensity; the face of a man taking a terrible beating in the ring; the face of a desperate, loving father, and many more.
		When I was watching Cinderella Man, I was bothered by the familiarity of the name "Max Baer." I was sure I knew this name, and knew it rather well, even though I'm no fan of boxing.
		In Cinderella Man, Max Baer is portrayed as a vicious boxer and inveterate womanizer.
	www.markdroberts.com /htmfiles/resources/cinderellaman.htm (2039 words)

	JamesBowman.net \| Cinderella Man
		Moreover, Braddock is the darling of Hollywood in another way too, for he is the man who, so Mr Howard tells us, gave hope to America in the depths of the depression.
		That is to say, he is the Cinderella Man rather than Jack the Giant Killer because (I guess) he made people believe that they too could be suddenly translated from being hungry, broke and unemployed to fame and riches overnight.
		The pride of the working man in being self-supporting was not a virtue unique to James J. Braddock but a part of the social capital in the milieu out of which he sprang.
	www.jamesbowman.net /reviewDetail.asp?pubID=1623 (730 words)

	MCN: Cinderella Man
		There's a rather delightful irony in the fact that the sobriquet Cinderella Man is more famous than the man it was first pinned upon by sportswriter and phenomenologist Damon Runyon.
		Cinderella Man, the movie, chronicles those heady couple of years in Braddock's life and it is the stuff movies are made of.
		It forces one to consider whether praise is being doled out too liberally simply because the filmmakers and performers have done their homework well and delivered a film of great skill and emotional impact.
	www.moviecitynews.com /reviews/cinderella_man.html (822 words)

	Buy.com - Cinderella Man (Widescreen) : DVD : Russell Crowe : Paul Giamatti : Rene Zellweger : Ron Howard : Universal
		Cinderella Man is a terrific boxing picture, but there's no great need for another one.
		The need it fills is for a full-length portrait of a good man. Most serious movies live in a world of cynicism and irony, and most good-hearted movie characters live in bad movies.
		Here is a movie where a good man prevails in a world where every day is an invitation to despair, where resentment would seem fully justified, where doing the right thing seems almost gratuitous, because nobody is looking and nobody cares.
	www.buy.com /prod/Cinderella_Man_Widescreen/q/loc/322/40723168.html (1013 words)

	Powell's Books - The Cinderella Man by Michael Delisa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Cinderella Man: James Braddock, Max Baer, and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History
		Braddock?s rags-to-riches success led Damon Runyon to call him the Cinderella Man. His story captivated the nation in much the way the racehorse Seabiscuit?s would a few years later.
		Author Michael DeLisa is historical consultant on a major motion picture entitled The Cinderella Man, starring Russell Crowe and Renée Zellweger, to be released in the summer of 2005.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-1903854377-0 (346 words)

	Cinderella Man
		The choice of this man to portray, and the man who portrays him are the knockout punches.
		A tad bipolar, Cinderella Man's still remarkable film making...Russell Crowe is again, master and commander of what it is he does so well.
		Cinderella Man may not be subtle, but it’s reminiscent of the well-
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/cinderella_man (1078 words)

	Cinderella Man - UMC.org
		It’s a sentimental – but not saccharine – ode to the bonds of family and the courage of one man to preserve that bond.
		As the rags-to-riches story of the “Cinderella Man” spreads, Braddock lifts the spirits of the poor who gather at pubs to cheer him on and pack churches to pray for his welfare.
		Cinderella Man is a testament to the power of love and the courage and sacrifice we are capable of when loved ones are a stake.
	www.umc.org /site/c.gjJTJbMUIuE/b.860747/k.98D7/Cinderella_Man.htm (892 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review - Cinderella Man (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		"Cinderella Man," directed by Ron Howard (2001's "A Beautiful Mind") in full-on feel-good, emotionally manipulative mode, holds no such scrutiny, content to play itself out like countless other films of its ilk.
		"Cinderella Man" is based on the true story of Jim J. Braddock (Russell Crowe), a working-class New Jersey man struggling and failing to make ends meet for his family during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
		"Cinderella Man" is but a worn-out Goodwill version of "Rocky" that either deserved a less-banal filmmaking approach or didn't need to be made at all.
	www.themovieboy.com /reviews/c/05_cinderellaman.htm (643 words)

	News on Cinderella Man - Moviefone
		Only a few serious award contenders have so far emerged, such as "Cinderella Man" and "Crash"; the bulk of hopefuls arrive, as usual, in the second half of the year.
		While "Cinderella Man's" $18.6 million bow was softer than expected, it's still too soon to say which way the picture will go.
		The "Cinderella" move comes after production on the pic was delayed to April 19 because Crowe dislocated his shoulder in January while training for the film.
	movies.aol.com /movie/cinderella-man/17048/news?date=20061023 (1430 words)

	Amazon.com: Cinderella Man (Widescreen Edition): DVD: Ron Howard,Russell Crowe,Renée Zellweger,Paul Giamatti,Craig ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Jim Braddock is not a 'Superman', but a hard-working, decent man with no higher vision than to provide his family a better life, and as magnificently portrayed by Crowe, he embodies qualities of honesty and dignity that many of us dream of, but seldom achieve.
		"Cinderella Man" is a film that will continue to be cherished long after the filmmakers are gone, a tale rooted in an earlier era, but still timeless.
		He works on the docks with other men, and befriends a particularly angry man who, despite his love for his family, is determined to organize some kind of workers' strike.
	www.amazon.com /Cinderella-Man-Widescreen-Ron-Howard/dp/B000ARTN3I (2834 words)

	Cinderella Man Review
		The film was about a man, who lost everything, fighting just to keep his family together.
		A man giving up his pride and dignity just to keep the heat on in a dingy apartment.
		Cinderella Man is a dramatic roller coast ride loaded with tear jerking moments, some action in the ring and performances that will leave you in awe.
	www.scifi2k.com /misc_html/reviews/review_movie_cinderellaman.html (863 words)

	Cinderella Man DVD - Cinderella Man - Cinderella Man the movie
		The Cinderella Man DVD will contain special features including commentary with Cinderella Man director Ron Howard and writers Akiva Goldsman and Cliff Hollingsworth.
		The Cinderella Man DVD will also contain deleted scenes, "For the Record: A History in Boxing", "Jim Braddock: The Friends & Family Behind The Legend", and "The Fight Card: Casting Cinderella Man".
		Cinderella Man DVD will be released on Dec 6, 2005.
	www.cinderellamanmovie.com /index.php (313 words)

	Cinderella Man Movie - Cinderella Man Trailer
		Carrying the hopes and dreams of the disenfranchised on his shoulders, Braddock rocketed through the ranks, until this underdog who defied all the odds chose to do the unthinkable: take on the heavyweight champ of the world, the unstoppable Max Baer, renowned for having killed two men in the ring.
		Cinderella Man is a true American story about what it's like to cope in the moment, facing life's daily hardships, and to continue to passionately strive toward a goal-even a simple one like putting food on the table-no matter what the outcome turns out to be.
		Cinderella Man is a Universal Pictures/Miramax Films/Imagine Entertainment presentation of A Brian Grazer Production in association with Parkway Productions of A Ron Howard Film.
	www.jamesjbraddock.com /movie (891 words)

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