
A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe (Johnny Harris), is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner Bill corner man Eddie and promoter Joe. Back in training, years after anyone thought he was a contender, he risks his life, as he tries to stand tall and regain his place in the world.... (Full plot summary below)
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A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe (Johnny Harris), is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner Bill corner man Eddie and promoter Joe. Back in training, years after anyone thought he was a contender, he risks his life, as he tries to stand tall and regain his place in the world.
Leave your thoughts about Jawbone.
| The Mail on Sunday (UK)Matthew BondI love a good boxing film but Jawbone isn't just a good boxing film, it's a fantastic one. |
| Daily Mail (UK)Brian VinerIt isn't just a boxing film. It's not even mainly a boxing film. It is also, with piercing, heartbreaking honesty, a chronicle of addiction. |
| FILMINK (Australia)Julian Wood...there are moments of simple truthfulness. |
| Total FilmKevin HarleyGives the boxing pic a vigorous workout. Harris commits himself fully, both emotionally and physically. |
| Independent (UK)Geoffrey MacnabWe can spot from the outset just which way the film is headed but just because we can see punches coming, that doesn't mean they stop from landing. |
| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsThe film has the gritty conviction of a partial memoir. |
| Irish TimesTara BradyThis is the small-time, replete with unforgiving glare and hostile punters. |
| Observer (UK)Wendy IdeThe familiar boxing movie trajectory doesn't lessen the forceful punch of this underdog story. |
| Empire MagazineOlly RichardsAs a writing debut for Harris and a feature-directing debut for Napper, this is extremely promising. As a role for Harris, it's a sign that a great British actor may have just hit his moment. |
| Indie LondonRob CarnevaleWhile the basic framework of the Jawbone story hardly feels fresh, the execution from everyone involved makes it easy to overlook some of the more familiar elements. It's a sobering film, in many ways, and a quietly impressive one throughout. |