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Quick Info

Rating

7.4/10

Release2010

Runtime1h 56m

StatusReleased

Budget$25,000,000

Revenue$129,190,869

Production

The Weinstein Company

Relativity Media

Mandeville Films

Closest to the Hole Productions

Protozoa Pictures

Movie

The Fighter

2010

1h 56m

7.4

Drama

Synopsis

Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.

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