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Resurrecting the Champ

Name: Resurrecting the Champ
Genre: Drama
Released: 2007
Duration: 112 min
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Alan Alda, Teri Hatcher, Kathryn Morris

Taste attributes: dramasportsheavyrealisticlineargrittyenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipgame/competition

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Boxlist takeAn emotional, grounded drama, otherwise balanced. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.4 /10

TMDB · 163 votes

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Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

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Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Originality: Balanced originality, where this profile leans fresh / original

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Synopsis

Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.

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