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 Hartnett) did at the end because it said it all. Fathers sometimes lie to their sons because they want them to think they are the king of the world, even when they are not. It's human nature. The problem is, that sometimes you get caught as Kernan did, and as the Champ (Samuel L. Jackson) did.
This was a beautiful story about that relationship between fathers and sons and it was also a great story about being a man.
It had some great performances besides the two mentioned: Kathryn Morris ("Cold Case") as Erik's wife and co-worker, Alan Alda as his boss, Teri Hatcher as a perfect Cougar, and Rachel Nichols (The Woods, Charlie Wilson's War).
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 Hartnett) did at the end because it said it all. Fathers sometimes lie to their sons because they want them to think they are the king of the world, even when they are not. It's human nature. The problem is, that sometimes you get caught as Kernan did, and as the Champ (Samuel L. Jackson) did.
This was a beautiful story about that relationship between fathers and sons and it was also a great story about being a man.
It had some great performances besides the two mentioned: Kathryn Morris ("Cold Case") as Erik's wife and co-worker, Alan Alda as his boss, Teri Hatcher as a perfect Cougar, and Rachel Nichols (The Woods, Charlie Wilson's War).