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The Fighter grossed $93.6 million in United States and Canada and in other territories it collected $35.5 million, for a worldwide total of $129 million; the film made a profit over its $25 million budget. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives The Fighter a rating of 91% based on reviews from 256 critics, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Led by a trio of captivating performances from Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, and Amy Adams, The Fighter is a solidly entertaining, albeit predictable, entry in the boxing drama genre." Metacritic gives the film an average score of 79 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".…
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60 of 80 · most liked firstMy ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 review of THE FIGHTER boxd.it/cWCn5d Cacophonous portrait of family, boxing, & addiction that succeeds in its rare quieter moments. Christian Bale is stunning & film's most essential element, but over-the-top family brawling & shouting sisters (even if true) is exhausting. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching THE FIGHTER (2010). Director: David O. Russell. Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams. Reevaluating for Christian Bale's birthday. Didn't care for this much in theater, haven't seen it since. Bale & Melissa Leo won Oscars. IMO...one was brilliant, one over-the-top! #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Good morning 👋 #CarlsChallenge July 20 Song from a movie soundtrack Today I am going with... Good Times Bad Times from The Fighter as the streak continues at 43 days...🎈🎶✨️ @moxyepoxy.bsky.social youtu.be/TA9Rec1qAFQ?...
neutral · AI labelView post →(I fucking love The Fighter, that movie can put me back together every time)
positive · AI labelView post →For episode 30, film critic @katiewalshstx.bsky.social joins us to talk about the 2010 drama The Fighter. Fund your own Oscar campaign and consider us on 1/7!
neutral · AI labelView post →Out now! Writer @andrewrihn.bsky.social joins me on the latest episode of the Boxing Movie Podcast to discuss The Fighter (1952). Available on all the major podcast platforms. #boxing #moviesky #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →ICYMI: this group got together and decided that Amy Adams should have won an Oscar for The Fighter. 🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... Fun fact: everyone pictured here also realizes that Wonka is a good movie! @katiewalshstx.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite film performances from the 2000s. Mickey Rourke, Randy Robinson, "The Fighter" (directed by Darren Aronofsky). #movies #films #thefighter #darrenaronofsky #mickeyrourke
neutral · AI labelView post →The Fighter, Blade Runner 2049, Crazy Stupid Love, Drive #LastFourWatched can you tell someone's been making me watch every Ryan Gosling film ever made? lol... @darius1c.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite film performances from the 2010s. Amy Adams, Charlene Fleming, "The Fighter" (directed by David O. Russell). #movies #films #thefighter #davidorussell #amyadams
neutral · AI labelView post →Much as my ire at a certain movie sparked the fire that led to Sexy Suburban Monster Men, I should harness this spite to write my own poetic ode to the Fighter. I know I can find a rhyme for Combat Feats.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yep. The mom is played by Bonnie Aarons, who is one of the more notable talents in the film. Her credits include Princess Diaries 1 and 2, The Fighter, Drag Me to Hell, Jakob's Wife, and of course... The Demon Nun in the Conjuring franchise. #FrightClub
neutral · AI labelView post →Sinners is the kind of movie I eat up with my elbows on the table. It oozes cool. I'm convinced that Bale was actually on crack during filming of The Fighter. Wasn't much to like about Beautiful Girls. Robocop 2, impossible to live up to part 1. Too schlocky. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday 🍿📽️🎥
neutral · AI labelView post →Raised Irish Catholic Movie Rankings: 3. The Banshees of Inisherin 2. The Wind That Shakes the Barley 1. The Fighter Also receiving votes: Gangs of New York, What's Eating Gilbert Grape (not Catholic but severe Catholic vibes)
neutral · AI labelView post →Richard Conte's performance in The Fighter (1952). Stoic or wooden? @andrewrihn.bsky.social joins me on the latest episode of the Boxing Movie Podcast to discuss this adaptation of a Jack London short story. #boxing #moviesky #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →#MovieChallenge #SportsMovieMadness Day 7- movie featuring combat sport (boxing, MMA, wrestling) The Fighter (2010) Mark Wahlberg plays real life boxer Micky Ward and Christian Bale plays his half-brother, a former boxer himself. https://youtu.be/LRIZ4mCi5Ps?si=TmQIL8GOfOk-vYgF
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite film performances from the 2010s. Christian Bale, Dickie Eklund, "The Fighter" (directed by David O. Russell). #movies #films #thefighter #davidorussell #christianbale
neutral · AI labelView post →The Boxer (1977) Blu-ray Review: The Fighter Still Remains cinemasentries.com/the-boxer-19... @filmsradiance.bsky.social @themidnightcafe.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →I will say though, that the one “dumb Boston guy movie” that really gets it - what It’s like to be white trash, growing up in the greater Boston area isn’t even in Boston (It’s in Lowell), is “The Fighter.” That movie is just a punch in the gut. Gives me flashbacks of growing up.
positive · AI labelView post →Wait, is this a scripted film? Like I assumed he was the subject of a nominated documentary or something. What if fuckin Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund just started yelling shit at the Oscars when The Fighter was nominated????
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day in movie history: The Fighter directed by David O. Russell released December 10, 2010. Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Mickey O’Keefe, Jack McGee, Melissa McMeekin, Bianca Hunter, Erica McDermott, Jill Quigg, Dendrie Taylor, Kate B. O’Brien. #Drama
neutral · AI labelView post →So what's up with this? Cage as Madden? 🤔 David O. Russell has done some terrific films. Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter, American Hustle and Three Kings were great. #filmsky 📽️ #tvsky 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVlo...
neutral · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 7.10, Day After Tomorrow on Film4. At 8pm, Darkest Hour on BBC2. At 8.25, GoldenEye on ITV4. At 9pm, Teachers’ Lounge on BBC4 or The Fighter on LegendXtra. At 9.15, The Batman on ITV1. At 9.30, Sisu on Film4. At 10pm, Their Finest on BBC2. At 11.15, Thin Red Line on Great Action #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →THE FIGHTER was adapted by Aben Kandel, who also wrote the novel City for Conquest (later adapted into a movie starring James Cagney). Kandel also penned an original boxing movie, KID MONK BARONI, about a facially-deformed street tough who becomes a success in the ring.
neutral · AI labelView post →Its director Herbert Kline was an avowed anti-fascist. He had previously made films about the Spanish civil war and gone undercover to film the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia. Blacklisted by the HUAC, THE FIGHTER was Kline's last movie for 20 years.
neutral · AI labelView post →Easily the second-best boxing movie named THE FIGHTER out there. This is Jack London, not Micky Ward.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve never seen it. What’s the best boxing movie of all time? Raging Bull Cinderella Man Rocky The Fighter
neutral · AI labelView post →The Smashing Machine is good but never really gets past a certain level. Reminds me a lot of The Fighter, possibly because both are based on HBO documentaries from the mid-90s/early 2000s, but that movie hasn't really stuck with me and I doubt this one will either.
neutral · AI labelView post →255) Bruce Lee The Fighter (2015) #NowWatching on Youtube #2025FirstTimeWatch 228 #FilmSky #BruceLeeTheFighter
neutral · AI labelView post →The accent is as much an attitude as anything and she nails the attitude. Out of the million of unrealistic things in Reacher, it barely rates. The worst is a tie between Christian Bale in The Fighter and Kevin Costner in the movie where he played Ken O’Donnell. Bob Mitchum as Eddie Coyle was great
neutral · AI labelView post →The Battle of Britain has to be up there along with The Dambusters. On a more niche level, The Fighter Pilot (english version of Eien No Zero) is a good recent film.
neutral · AI labelView post →saturday movie night: watching The Fighter 2010
neutral · AI labelView post →Ohh just finished reading #Batman Dark Patterns. This is the Batman I long to see, the Detective. The most recent film did a good job balancing the Detective and the Fighter, and I'm hoping they keep that up. Batman is so much more than a collection of gadgets and fight moves.
neutral · AI labelView post →The next episode of the Boxing Movie Podcast is out tomorrow! Writer @andrewrihn.bsky.social joins me to discuss The Fighter (1952). #boxing #moviesky #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 7.30pm, Titanic on Film4. At 9pm, The Fighter on Legend or Big Daddy on Comedy Central. At 9.05pm, The Deadly Affair on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social. At 11.30pm, The Crying Game on Film4 or The Blackening on BBC3. At 12am, The Piano on BBC2 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell is tough to watch but a fascinating documentary about Lowell in the 90s. They made a fictional movie based on it called The Fighter, which got good reviews but I haven't seen
neutral · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 6.45pm, King’s Speech on Sky Atlantic. At 7.50, Sherlock Holmes on Sky Arts. At 9pm, Oppenheimer on BBC2, The Fighter on Legend or Batman Begins on ITV2. At 9.40, Shaun Of The Dead on ITV4. At 10.15, John Wick 4 on ITV1. At 11pm, Die Hard 2 on BBC1. At 11.50, Raging Bull on BBC2 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →Dickie: Hey, Mick, you think I knocked down Sugar Ray Leonard? Mickey: You went ten rounds. One of the best to ever do it. He couldn't hurt you. You were my hero. Dickie: I was. I was. 15th Anniversary 🥊 #OTD in #Film 10 Dec 2010, THE FIGHTER came out swinging in the 🇺🇸
neutral · AI labelView post →Favorite Film or Television Portraits of Historical Figures: ❤️❤️❤️️📽️📽️📽️Amy Adams as Charlene Fleming in The Fighter (2010) youtu.be/rKV-U-HcGVk?...
neutral · AI labelView post →“Irish” Micky Ward, who recently turned 60, has a traffic circle (or roundabout) dedicated in his honor in Lowell. Ward was the subject of the 2010 movie The Fighter.
neutral · AI labelView post →I LOVE Shane Black but didn't like this one. My 2 fav Parkers are Lee Marvin & Duvall, even though back then Stark wouldn't allow them to use the name Parker. I liked Mel Gibson's take more than I liked Wahlberg's; I don't think Marky Mark has done a good film since THE FIGHTER. Lee Marvin forever!
neutral · AI labelView post →The Fighter 2010 True-ish boxing story with plenty of personal, family, and sports drama. A dedicated and passionate cast and crew help it go the distance. #filmsky #movies #film #cinema
positive · AI labelView post →I am calling on all right thinking movie fans and Massholes on Bluesky to not let THE VERDICT lose to THE FIGHTER, for heaven's sake
neutral · AI labelView post →A film that takes place where you’re from: The Fighter, Lowell, Massachusetts
neutral · AI labelView post →And "The Fighter" is on right now. I really like this movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Oh, man! "The Fighter" is gonna be on TCM later. Love that movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Eklund: You think I knocked down Sugar Ray Leonard? Ward: You went ten rounds. One of the best to ever do it. He couldn't hurt you. You were my hero. Eklund: I was. I was. 🥊 #OTD in #Film #History 17 Dec 2010, THE FIGHTER, starring #MarkWahlberg and #ChristianBale, hit 🇺🇸
neutral · AI labelView post →The best movie Christian Bale has ever made, is and will always be “The Fighter”.
positive · AI labelView post →Movie Diary ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜᴇᴅ- The Fighter (dir. David O. Russell) [standard Blu-Ray edition]
neutral · AI labelView post →The actual film review: uhhmm pretty decent on the Fighter part, very choppy script, rad anime stuff that's also super distracting, Chun-Li still treated a bit mysognistly 5.5/10 or so weirdly Andrew Schulz plays the moral centre of this film
neutral · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 6.15pm, Bridge Of Spies on Film4. At 9pm, The Fighter on Legend Xtra or Beverly Hills Cop on Comedy Central. At 10.40, Bram Stoker's Dracula on BBC1. At 11.35, The Motorcycle Diaries on Film4. At 12.05am, Here Before on BBC2 or Of Human Bondage on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) The Fighter 1080p (iTunes)(DE) €3.99 (Drama) (iMDB) 7.9 Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee, Mickey O'Keefe
neutral · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 9pm, M/A/S/H on Great TV, The Da Vinci Code on 5Star or The Expendables 2 on Sky One. At 10.55pm, The Fighter on Legend or Who Dares Wins on Legend Xtra. At 11.55pm, Carrington VC on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social. At 12.55am, The Missionary on Film4. At 1.50am, Minari on C4 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) The Fighter 1080p (iTunes)(DE) €4.99 (Drama) (iMDB) 7.9 Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee, Mickey O'Keefe
neutral · AI labelView post →This week's movie, The Fighter (2010), stars Mark Wahlberg as a washed up boxer who, along with his half-brother, played by Christian Bale, defy all odds to train for a historic title bout but must fight their inner demons to mend their broken family. Also starring Amy Adams and Melissa Leo.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Fighter (David O, Russell, 2010; Paramount Pictures) - 10/10. This movie reminds of Rocky, and Cinderella Man for me.
positive · AI labelView post →Rewatching The Fighter 2010 A perfect movie. youtu.be/VhpX41osHLU?...
positive · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 7.35pm, Shrek 2 on BBC3. At 9pm, Nope on Film4, Air Force One on 5Action or The Bounty on Great TV. At 11pm, Bring Them Down on BBC2. At 11.05pm, The Fighter on Legend. At 11.20pm, Bodies Bodies Bodies on BBC1. At 11.35pm, Monolith on Film4. At 1.05am, The Lighthouse on C4 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →2010's "The Fighter" is part family drama and part boxing movie, serving as a solid if not exceptional example of both genres. The supporting performances from Christian Bale and Melissa Leo lift the sometimes overly stylized film that does not give the main character of Micky Ward much depth. 7/10
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #TheFighter #MarkWahlberg #AmyAdams ‘Rocky’ Meets ’The Departed’ in $129 Million Oscar-Winner Leaving Peacock http://dlvr.it/TSF0hJ
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