Southpaw (2015)

Directed by

Antoine Fuqua

Genre

drama film, action film, boxing film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 04m

Rated

R

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 5,859 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A champion boxer loses his wife in a violent incident and then his daughter is taken by child services. He must fight to rebuild his life and win back custody of his child.

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What happens

Southpaw is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by Kurt Sutter and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker and Rachel McAdams. The film follows a boxer who sets out to get his life back on track after losing his wife to gun violence and later his young daughter to child protective services. The film was released on July 24, 2015, by The Weinstein Company. The film received mixed reviews from critics, while Gyllenhaal and Oona Laurence's performances received positive reviews. The film grossed $94.2 million worldwide against a production budget of $30 million. The film is set in New York City, but it was filmed in Pittsburgh and the nearby town of Indiana, Pennsylvania. The film marked one of the last films to be scored by James Horner and the first of three posthumous releases to feature his music (the other two being The 33 and The Magnificent Seven). The film and the film's soundtrack album are dedicated to his memory. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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