Kiss me, Im Irish: Review of the movie ”The Fighter”
"Two fighters". This is how, and not in the singular, the film directed by David O. Russell should have been called. Because in this film about two boxing brothers, both losers. And both of them do not like this role, so they jointly do everything to change the sad situation. And they also win together, but each has its own victory. Very pretentious, isn't it? And the movie is really funny.So, "The Fighter" is a movie about a real-life boxer Mickey Ward (Mark Wahlberg), who for a long time was a "springboard", that is, a boxer due to which stronger fighters won. But it is also a movie about Mickey's half-brother, Dickie Eklund (Christian Bale), who was once a tough boxer and went on to crack crack. They have a mother (Melissa Leo) with a clear overprotective syndrome and five or seven (difficult to understand) sister-chickens, dumb, noisy girls who live the life of brothers. To be more precise - the eldest, because the psychological constellations in this family are such that Dickie is a favorite, hope and support, and Mickey is so, "the youngest." And so the brothers join forces to win the champion title ... The film's strongest point is its characters. Wahlberg plays a classic boxer from an old anecdote who needs his head to "eat". But he has his own strategy for winning the fight, and he will certainly win the next battle. At least Mickey has enough simplicity to inform the waitress who liked Charlene (Amy Adams) about this, which won her over. The “springboard” boxer and waitress is a former high jumper who, in general, skipped her life. Great couple. But the main thing is that Charlene understands: if Mickey wins, it will be her victory too (and she will automatically cease to be a failure), therefore, with exceptional directness and categoricality, she begins to control the life of her boyfriend. "Do not do this, do not communicate with those" - who can endure this? Only the one who was put in the background all his life. The one who was primarily a trainer for a successful boxer, and only then - to everyone else. For the role of Dickie Eklund, Christian Bale received an Oscar. And this is more than correct, because he did, probably, the best, the most charming and daring, the most sincere and cynical, but not rotten boxer - addict all over the cinema. For the first half of the film, with the air of a winner, he walks through the streets of his hometown under the gun of the HBO channel camera and in the fog of crack does not admit that the film is not being shot about his return to the ring, but about falling to the bottom.  He only learns about it in prison. And the second half of the film Dickie enchantingly rises from his knees and carries on his newly pumped up arms of his prepared brother. Into the ring for victory. Bale's game is here - like a movie in a movie, like a ready-made spin-off, you can watch separately, squandering moments with Wahlberg, moronic sisters and a drinking waitress.We dwelled on the psychologism of the film in such detail that it is probably worth emphasizing that this is not a typical sports drama in its classical sense. It is generally a comedy in places, and even a farce. But at the same time, all the genres to which the director refers are made perfectly. When a boxer's fingers are broken - it hurts to look when a drug addict runs away from his mother, jumping from the second floor into garbage bags - it's funny. And so throughout the film. But at the end, the viewer will experience a well-deserved and unconditional delight. By the way, this delight can be experienced again. We recently wrote that Wahlberg is planning to shoot the second "The Fighter," which will feature Mickey Ward's triple bloody bastard with Arturo Gatti. All boxing fans are looking forward to it. It should be noted that David O. Russell in "The Fighter" does his best to show the importance of family in human life. There is so much of this family that it goes beyond its own "seven-I" formula. She spreads rot on Mickey, and she also supports him. Mom, by the way, got a plus in karma for the fact that by the middle of the film she got a face and realized that she hadn't given the youngest one. And for the fact that despite her “dismissal” from the position of manager, she still remained there. And the sisters (there were seven of them): how disgusting they are in their impulse to pull the hair of "MTV-whore" Charlene, just as sincerely and touchingly squeal with joy, gathered in front of the TV screen to watch Mickey's fight. And the whole family gives the impression of a kind of mechanism, each screw of which does its job, and will not leave relatives in trouble. Even if everyone has their own ideas about trouble and business. After such a family performance you don't want to, but call your parents.  And finally, this film is a hymn of pride for our homeland, small ( provincial Lowell) and large (Ireland). The story of how a mediocre "springboard" turned into Mickey Ward, took on the boxing nickname "Irishman", and now has a double right to yell his favorite Irish at every corner:Kiss me, I'm Irish!And prepare for a fight with the scary Gatti ... The Topic of Article: Kiss me, Im Irish: Review of the movie ”The Fighter”. |
