Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer, fighting and opening a boxing club training aspiring boxers. Maggie has since married Danny's best friend, who is also imprisoned for his I.R.A. activities. Although he has no... (Full plot summary below)
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Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer, fighting and opening a boxing club training aspiring boxers. Maggie has since married Danny's best friend, who is also imprisoned for his I.R.A. activities. Although he has not denounced the I.R.A. or denigrated his I.R.A. colleagues, Danny has decided to live a life free of political violence. His boxing club is nonsectarian, open to both Catholics and Protestants. This move irks some of his old I.R.A. colleagues since they feel working with the Protestants will not resolve their David versus Goliath struggle. Danny's old I.R.A. colleagues, especially their unofficial leader Harry, resort to traditional tactics of violence to stop Danny. Maggie's father, Joe, also an I.R.A. activist, does not condone the violence against Danny as he is working through peaceful means to free I.R.A. prisoners (including Maggie's husband), but also does not want Maggie to resume her past relationship with Danny, a man who he sees as having no future. Amidst this turmoil, Danny and Maggie dream of a life together, also taking into account Maggie's wedded status and the feelings of her teen-aged son, Liam.
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| San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannIt's a tribute to Day-Lewis that he can play a character like Danny -- cautious, withdrawn, inarticulate -- and endow him an eloquence and grace that aren't dependent on language. Without him, The Boxer might still be a powerful tale of loyalty and love, with a core of moral complexity; with Day-Lewis in the lead, it approaches greatness. |
| Film Quips OnlineJohn R. McEwenThis film is a satisfying marriage of a thoughtful screenplay, insightful direction and a powerfully skilled cast. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneJeff StricklerThe climax is unsettling, and effective. All of Sheridan's Northern Ireland stories have had realistic endings. The Boxer saves one of its best punches for the end. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsTed PriggeThe acting is amazing, with Day-Lewis and Watson giving excellent performances and showing great chemistry. |
| Cincinnati EnquirerMargaret A. McGurkDay-Lewis is superb. His boxing scenes are every bit as credible as his love scenes, and his performance throughout hums with intensity wrung from stillness and restraint. Ms. Watson proves equal to her co-star. |
| The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThrough quietly fiery performances by Day-Lewis and Watson, as well as novel-like depth and complexity, The Boxer not only avoids these pitfalls but emerges as a thoroughly engrossing movie. |
| The New York TimesElvis MitchellMr. Day-Lewis, looking wearily rugged and battling his way through several plausible boxing matches, once again breathes fire into the character of a high-minded loner, and his vitality lends real force to the film's moral arguments. |
| CNN.comPaul Clinton (CNN.com)With Watson and Day-Lewis you can almost feel the heat, and their situation never feels contrived or artificial. |
| Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonThe art-house dream-team pairing of Daniel Day-Lewis and Emily Watson amounts to more of a soft jab than a knockout punch. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAlthough it seems to borrow the pattern of the traditional boxing movie, the boxer here is not the usual self-destructive character, but the center of maturity and balance in a community in turmoil. |
