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Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
description written by member Zara:
Up-and-coming sports reporter (Hartnett) rescues a homeless man ("Champ", Jackson) only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
| Release Date: | August 24th, 2007 |
| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
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| Resurrecting the Champ Movie Review by Movie Addict (10/5/2008) |
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I don't know why, but I really like sports movies. I am not a sports fans, per se, but I like movies about sports. This film ranks up with the best that I have seen.
I do not say that for the sports angle, because that just framed the real story here. I wish I could repeat the story that writer Erik Kernan Jr. (Josh...
(complete Resurrecting the Champ review by Movie Addict)
| Resurrecting the Champ Movie Review by Jarrod (8/27/2007) |
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'Resurrecting the Champ' is about a journalist who stumbles upon what he thinks could be the story of a lifetime, and he stakes his whole career on it, which is what "big scoops" tend to do to any journalist, who just cannot wait for that one story that could make them famous, or win them a Pulitzer. Carl Bernstein and...
(complete Resurrecting the Champ review by Jarrod)
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