Oh by the way, the our auto sideswiping incident happened to occur while we were en route to see Mark Wahlberg's "The Fighter" at the Starplex Theater. Why let a near disaster spoil the fun?
Wahlberg's character is a real life boxer from the 1980's, the younger brother of a former boxing prodigy (Christian Bale) who decided to pump his career earnings up his nose with a new batch of friends in a really smoky run-down shack. Meanwhile, their mother/promoter clings to his comeback hopes, while scheduling lesser bouts for Wahlberg against the occasional hulk. Bale briefly shows himself to be a creative (if criminal) entrepreneur, while Wahlberg struggles to let his family (including approximately six sisters... half-sisters? Who knows? Who cares?) go and move on.
The theme of white-trash-does-good plays well thanks to the background pull of boxing, and Wahlberg's shot at a title.
Give it a shot. It's a pick-me-upper. Especially after a car crash.
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