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Jake Gyllenhaal and Forest Whittaker shine in this boxing movie. Where do you find the motivation to fight when all you love is gone?
Jake Gyllenhaal and Forest Whittaker shine in this boxing movie. Thankfully for me, I’m not a boxing fan, it’s more about finding motivation amidst despair.
A friend told me it didn’t have much boxing so I thought I could stomach it. I did like the Rocky movies and others like it since like “Warrior” for example. Still, I wasn’t sold with the trailers on this one. I’m happy to say, in spite of a lot of boxing, I really enjoyed this movie. The story is “Southpaw’s” strong point.
We live in such dark and uncertain times of bomb threats and terrorism that a movie with this message is just what the psychiatrist ordered. Where do you find the motivation to fight when all you love is gone? “Southpaw” portrays a guy in a low state such as this. The boxing is the metaphor for survival and it’s a universal struggle being portrayed.
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