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Resurrecting the Champ

Resurrecting the Champ

2007
Drama, Sport
1h 52m
One night after leaving the paper, sports reporter Erik Kernan sees a gang of thugs beating up a homeless man. He notices how well the grizzly old fellow can take a punch. He bobs, he weaves, he lands a few good ones himself until Erik chases the thugs away, who leave jeers of how they beat "The Champ" in their wake. Erik realizes he has just rescued the legendary "Battling Bob Satterfield" and stumbled on the story of a lifetime. Rumor had it that Satterfield was dead...and yet here he was. (Yari Film Group Releasing)

Directed by:

Rod Lurie

Screenwriter:

Allison Burnett, Michael Bortman, J.R. Moehringer

Starring:

David Paymer, Alan Alda, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Coyote, Josh Hartnett, Rachel Nichols, Teri Hatcher, Kathryn Morris, Nick Sandow, Harry Lennix, Dakota Goyo, Kristen Shaw

Genres:

Drama, Sport

Country:

USA

Languages:

English, Spanish
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Resurrecting the Champ

2007
Drama, Sport
1h 52m
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gtown1479gtown1479
Rated 30 Mar 2009
61
23rd
Yeah this was horrible. Samuel Jackson's stupid character voice makes me want to watch the movie on mute, but I worry that if I mute it I might just fall asleep. I thought this was a boxing movie yet very little boxing was done in it unless you want to see a drunk hobo fight some college kids. Best role might have been that little kid who cried during show and tell. How the heck did they convince Alan Alda to be in this. Hartnett's ugly movielife continues to be TKO'd by flicks like this.
Rated 30 Mar 2009
braddad68braddad68
Rated 08 Aug 2023
92
65th
So happy to finally see this movie. It's a unique, compelling and emotional story, and Samuel L Jackson delivers and Oscar-worthy performance.
Rated 08 Aug 2023
pluggedinPluggedIN
Rated 27 Jul 2014
50
50th
A floundering sports writer stumbles upon a homeless guy who claims to be a former heavyweight boxer. The story is a career-maker. If it's true (pluggedin.com)
Rated 27 Jul 2014
thegreyfoxthegreyfox
Rated 05 Aug 2012
58
28th
I almost stopped watching this after an hour. Jacksons character was the most annoying person in the history of cinema, and the cloying "father son" relationship and "down and out Bum makes good" story was enough to get me reaching... and not only for the off button. Once Jackson thankfully dissappeared, the story did develop a half decent twist and asked some pertinent questions about "truth", but ultimately, it was so full of character cliches that by that time, the patient was beyond hope.
Rated 05 Aug 2012
slantmagSlantMag
Rated 17 Oct 2010
20
41st
"Rescurrecting the Champ is a snooze." - Paul Schrodt
Rated 17 Oct 2010
jamesdepaolojamesdepaolo
Rated 30 Jun 2010
0
2nd
seriously a 73.....how...I mean this movie s a joke..its a bad bad joke...Samuel Jackson sounds like the crackhead on Chappelle show..and Josh Hartnett has a hot chick wanting to have sex and what does he do tell a story about his dad dying...
Rated 30 Jun 2010
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 24 Nov 2008
41
39th
watchable
Rated 24 Nov 2008
spaceflohspacefloh
Rated 25 Aug 2008
44
25th
eng; [the champ; resurrecting the champ];
Rated 25 Aug 2008
td888td888
Rated 01 Jul 2008
70
76th
Good movie, not particulary exciting, but as the story developed, I got more and more involved into the characters and was curious what was going to happen next and what decisions the characters were going to make. And again, Samuel does an excellent performance. For me he's becoming one of the best actors of this decade. His roles are spread over such a wide spectrum, I cannot think of one film where I didn't enjoy his role.
Rated 01 Jul 2008
slow_riotSlow Riot
Rated 12 Mar 2008
80
71st
Not bad.
Rated 12 Mar 2008
brando814brando814
Rated 27 Aug 2007
88
82nd
If anyone likes Samuel L. Jackson as much as they claim to they should see this film because it is the most he has disappeared into a character in quite some time as opposed to be Samuel L. Jackson as Coach Samuel L. Jackson or something to that effect. I'm also a sucker for fractured father-son relationships and moreover the burdens carried and shadows cast by the name we call our own.
Rated 27 Aug 2007

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