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The Boxer, 1997

Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson

Directed by: Jim Sheridan

Written by: Jim Sheridan

Language: English

Country: USA, Ireland

Runtime: 113 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:7.0

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The Boxer can be described as bleak, thought provoking, and contemplative. The plot revolves around going straight, redemption, and being haunted by the past. The main genres are drama and sports. In approach, The Boxer is serious and realistic. It is located in Ireland. It takes place in the 1990s. The Boxer has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed.

Summary of The Boxer

Daniel Day-Lewis stars in this searing portrait of 1990s Belfast ripped apart by 20 years of religious conflict and IRA violence. Danny Flynn (Day-Lewis), a repentant IRA operative seasoned by a 14-year prison term, returns to the neighborhood of his childhood to try to rebuild his life. A prizefighter in his youth, he teams up with his old trainer (Ken Stott) to reopen a nonsectarian boxing gym in a bombed-out community center. Meanwhile, Danny finds himself undeniably drawn to his old girlfriend Maggie (Emily Watson), who is now married to his former best friend, an imprisoned IRA member. Maggie's father, Joe Hamil (Brian Cox), the head of the local IRA chapter, is attempting to negotiate an IRA cease-fire, causing extreme tension between IRA factions with opposing views. Danny and Maggie's rekindled love, which defies the IRA rule promising death for anyone having an affair with an imprisoned operative's wife, thrusts Danny straight into the center of the erupting tensions. Irish director Jim Sheridan and British actor Daniel Day-Lewis (who worked together on IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER and MY LEFT FOOT) once again team up with wondrous results, creating a vivid and captivating portrait of an Ireland intimately torn by ancient religious strife.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA, Ireland
Release date:	31 December 1997
Runtime:	113 min

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Daniel Day-Lewis

as Danny Flynn

Emily Watson

as Maggie

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Entertainment Weekly

Writer-director Jim Sheridan, co-screenwriter Terry George, and Sheridan's favorite actor (and Oscar winner for My Left Foot) Daniel Day-Lewis reunite in The Boxer with a mellower political message that translates, roughly, into ''Can't we all just... Full Review

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by: Lisa Schwarzbaum

The Onion (A.V. Club)

Through quietly fiery performances by Day-Lewis and Watson, as well as novel-like depth and complexity, The Boxer not only avoids these pitfalls but emerges as a thoroughly engrossing movie. Full Review

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by: Keith Phipps

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THE BOXER: I have always loved watching movies starring EMILY WATSON, This is one of my favorite movies and I highly recommend it. EMILY always give 110%, and her acting is always very convincing and spot on. I give this movie 5*****STARS. Read and rate it

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by: Netflowers
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