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The Boxer - Collector's Edition | Year: 1997 Classification: Drama Directed: - Jim Sheridan Film and actors are totally winning A brilliant actor in chronically off-putting roles, Daniel Day-Lewis turns in his most accessible performance to date. As the title character, he's local boy, Danny Flynn, released from jail after 14 years and now coming back to his old Belfast neighborhood. It's not an easy return considering that he's no longer chummy with his IRA roots and that he's still has a yen for his former girlfriend Maggie (Emily Watson) who happens to be the local IRA chief's daughter. *** Director and co-writer Jim Sheridan has constructed a complex film running on three distinct courses: the IRA, Danny's boxing, and the love story between Danny and Maggie. Each are remarkable on their own, but intertwined together, they become even more powerful. *** Although it gets the least screen time, the love story is especially wonderful. Daniel Day-Lewis and Emily Watson reunite their characters in such a careful, intense manner that you're literally holding your breath watching them. It's absolutely exquisite. ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR JIM SHERIDAN AND DANIEL DAY-LEWIS. "The Boxer" is another collaboration between director Jim Sheridan and the fantastic actor Daniel Day-Lewis, with nice results once again. After a 14 year prison sentence for IRA activities, Danny Flynn (Daniel Day-Lewis), a former boxer decides to make a return to the boxing world. Danny, now 32 years old, decides to be both a veteran boxer and an assistant coach for the kids interested in learning the sport. Danny is now struggling to return to a good shape, and in addition he sees a former girlfriend, Maggie (Emily Watson), an attractive woman that in Danny's absence, married with another militant IRA member, now in prison. Danny and Maggie still feel something about each other, but the encountering opposition from militant IRA members and political tensions will prove hard to beat. Following the line of "In The Name Of The Father", "The Boxer" is another well acted and interesting political drama, also with the Sheridan / Day-Lewis team. If you like the work of Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson or Jim Sheridan, go see "The Boxer". What a guy Daniel Day-Lewis must be the most versatile film actor in the world. He looks like a different person in almost every film he makes. I assume that's the real Day-Lewis in this flick about the rebellion in Northern Ireland, revenge and absolution. His romantic interest, Emily Watson, puts in a good performance too. Day-Lewis looks a lot different than he did in "Gangs of New York", "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", "My Left Foot" and "Last of the Mohicans" but he is just as compelling in his performance. I thought this movie degraded a bit at the end with its somewhat Hollywood finale, but otherwise I enjoyed it. If you like substantial filmmaking, good acting, great drama, unfamiliar vistas and a good story, you'll enjoy it too. Buy The Boxer at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on The Boxer Search with the Priority Search Engine on The Boxer This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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