
A Jewish woman from Detroit who became a boxing manager, guiding several major careers. This film focuses on her relationship with one boxer (Epps), who's reportedly a composite of several including Toney, McKart and Hearns. Kallen eventually left her husband of 30 years, and moved to Los Angeles, becoming the commissioner of the International Female Boxers Association...... (Full plot summary below)
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A Jewish woman from Detroit who became a boxing manager, guiding several major careers. This film focuses on her relationship with one boxer (Epps), who's reportedly a composite of several including Toney, McKart and Hearns. Kallen eventually left her husband of 30 years, and moved to Los Angeles, becoming the commissioner of the International Female Boxers Association...
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| Dallas Morning NewsPhilip WuntchFar from a championship movie, but it's fun while it lasts. |
| Ebert & RoeperRichard RoeperEvery scene in this movie plays like a scene from another boxing movie. |
| Denton Record-ChronicleBoo AllenMeg floats like a bee and stings like a butterfly in this misguided jumble of sports cliches. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonMore business as usual, despite the feminist aspects of Kallen's story. |
| About.comFred TopelThe great thing about sports movies is it doesn't really matter that they're all the same. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordRyan, fitted out with...Brokovich-provocative wardrobe gives an interesting performance, but one that constantly demands analysis |
| FilmStew.comBrett BuckalewThis awkward hybrid of two popular film genres is to the art of moviemaking what Ali's famous "rope-a-dope" technique was to boxing. |
| Film BlatherEugene NovikovObvious, irritating boxing girl power movie. |
| Denver Rocky Mountain NewsRobert DenersteinUnlike Rocky and other cornball boxing movies, this one fails to land the knockout blow and winds up dispensing love taps in a hardboiled business. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAgainst the Ropes meanders until it gets to the final third of its running time, and then it catches fire. |