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Southpaw
62
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17 reviews · Provided by
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88
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
Refreshingly gritty and hard-nosed.
80
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
If Southpaw leaves you hungry, this much is also true: The "food" was good in the first place.
75
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
Totally involving.
70
L.A. Weekly
John Patterson
L.A. Weekly
John Patterson
The small-town Irish feel of the movie is infectious, and McGrath uncovers some great supporting players.
70
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
Barrett's trajectory is exciting, but his tribe is hilariously, dryly Irish about the experience.
63
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Less a complete story than a work-in-progress.
60
TV Guide Magazine
Ken Fox
TV Guide Magazine
Ken Fox
If ever an English-language film needed English subtitles it's this.
50
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
The ingenious if erratic slickness is disorienting and makes the movie more like drama than journalism.
50
The New York Times
Dave Kehr
The New York Times
Dave Kehr
What the film resembles more than anything else is one of the miniature human-interest profiles that the networks have taken to inserting between the events in their Olympic coverage.
40
Dallas Observer
Luke Y. Thompson
Dallas Observer
Luke Y. Thompson
Be forewarned: The rural Irish accents may be incomprehensible to viewers who aren't accustomed to them.
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