| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...only sporadically interesting." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"Against the Ropes meanders until it gets to the final third of its running time, and then it catches fire." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...Against the Ropes is pure fairy tale and flimflam, as phony as a fixed fight." more... |
C- |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk |
"...an engaging, sometimes funny and occasionally moving story about an out-of-the-ordinary woman." more... |
B |
| E! Online |
"...the movie throws in the towel early, leaning on one feel-goody cliché after another..." more... |
D |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"...lacks punch." more... |
C |
New York Post
Megan Lehmann |
"...barely a notch above a bad TV movie..." more... |
C- |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"...corny..." more... |
C- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Despite being flawed and slight, Against the Ropes offers a degree of entertainment." more... |
B- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"Until it derails about two-thirds of the way in, Against the Ropes is an entertaining rags-to-riches sports movie." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...the script...is shallow and dumb..." more... |
C |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"...the movie is neither very credible nor one of those beyond-belief disposables you still find affable." more... |
C |
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