The Fighter

2010
15
1h 56m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

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Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale in The Fighter (2010)

A look at the early years of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1980s.

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Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

398K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,835

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 2 Oscars
- 74 wins & 123 nominations total

Videos12

Trailer 2:33

The Fighter: Trailer #1

Clip 0:58

"I Am the One Who Is Fighting"

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"I Am the One Who Is Fighting"

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The Fighter: I'm The One Who's Fighting

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The Fighter: What's The Problem?

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The Fighter: You Can't Be Me

Featurette 2:11

The Fighter - Christian Bale

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Trivia
Christian Bale got involved when Mark Wahlberg asked him to take part in the movie. Wahlberg and Bale knew each other through their daughters, who attended the same elementary school.

Goofs
Micky Ward is introduced before a fight as having 20 KOs. He defeats an opponent by KO, and then is introduced for a later fight as having only 20 KOs instead of 21.

Quotes
Dickie Eklund: Are you like me? Huh? Was this good enough to fight Sugar Ray? Never had to win, did I? You gotta do more in there. You gotta win a title. For you, for me, for Lowell. This is your time, all right? You take it. I had my time and I blew it. You don't have to. All right? You fuckin' get out there, and use all the shit that you've been through, all that fuckin' hell, all the shit we've gone through over the fuckin' years, and you put it in that ring right now. This is yours. This is fuckin' yours.

Crazy credits
The real Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund are shown during the end credits.

Connections
Featured in Maltin on Movies: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)

Soundtracks
How You Like Me Now?
Written by Kelvin Swaby, Dan Taylor, Spencer Page, Chris Ellul and Arlester Christian
Performed by The Heavy
Courtesy of Counter Records

User reviews527

Featured review

7/10

The Fighter driven only by flawless performances.

Look, i like the film, I think it's awesome but I also think were the characters were played by less effective actors, this wouldn't be as awesome as it is. The biggest fault for me, is that the main character has less personality than most sports characters in sport films. Mickey Ward (Mark Wahlberg) has a crackhead brother, former boxing great played flawlessly by Christian Bale, and he has manager-mom played by brilliant Melissa Leo. Mark Wahlberg has range, he is a good actor, but Mickey just fell flat for me. I wasn't invested much in Mickey so when the boxing matches came on, I didn't care much. But the performances by the backup cast are fantastic. If anything, that's worth the concession price.