
Follows the life of Roberto Duran, who made his professional debut in 1968 as a 16-year-old and retired in 2002 at age 50. In June 1980, he defeated Sugar Ray Leonard to capture the WBC welterweight title but shocked the boxing world by returning to his corner in the November rematch, saying 'no mas' (no more).... (Full plot summary below)
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Follows the life of Roberto Duran, who made his professional debut in 1968 as a 16-year-old and retired in 2002 at age 50. In June 1980, he defeated Sugar Ray Leonard to capture the WBC welterweight title but shocked the boxing world by returning to his corner in the November rematch, saying 'no mas' (no more).
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| Film InquiryJim DixonHands of Stone is a serviceable, reasonably entertaining biopic of Roberto Durán, with first rate performances that elevate it above its pedestrian execution. |
| NPRScott TobiasIt's too diffuse a biography to understand how a boxer could have all that fire in his belly doused so quickly. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderAnother well-intentioned but feckless snooze. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperWriter-director Jonathan Jakubowicz’s Hands of Stone is a rousing, well-filmed and solid (if at times overly generous to Duran) biopic with a bounty of charismatic performances, two of the sexier scenes of the year, some welcome laughs and a few above average fight sequences. |
| The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenThe acting in all roles is first rate, but in this one De Niro regains the title of undisputed champion. |
| Seattle TimesSoren AndersonThe acting in all roles is first rate, but in this one De Niro regains the title of undisputed champion. |
| Brooklyn MagazineJesse HassengerThis Durán becomes less charming, in fact, the more time the movie spends with him, accumulating new details of his jerkiness. |
| Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanIn less than two hours, you feel you know Durán in all his pride, cunning, self-indulgence and ring savagery. |
| Las Vegas Review-JournalChristopher LawrenceHands of Stone simply never connects in the way Duran's legendary punches did. |
| New York TimesGlenn KennyHands of Stone...is absolutely a boxing movie. A corny and sometimes clumsy one, it scatters pleasures here and there, Mr. De Niro’s alert performance among them. |