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Release Date:
20 February 2004 (USA) moreTagline:
She gave the boxing world the one-two punch they never saw coming.Plot:
A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport. full summary | full synopsisNewsDesk:
(5 articles)
Ryan To Reunite with Hanks? (From WENN. 13 May 2004)
'Return of the King' Rings Up $1 Billion
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 24 February 2004)
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At Least as Good as "Erin Brokovitch" moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Meg Ryan | ... | Jackie Kallen | |
| Omar Epps | ... | Luther Shaw | |
| Charles S. Dutton | ... | Felix Reynolds | |
| Tony Shalhoub | ... | Sam LaRocca | |
| Tim Daly | ... | Gavin Reese | |
| Joseph Cortese | ... | Irving Abel (as Joe Cortese) | |
| Kerry Washington | ... | Renee | |
| Sean Bell | ... | Ray Kallen | |
| Dean McDermott | ... | Pete Kallen | |
| Skye McCole Bartusiak | ... | Little Jackie | |
| Juan Carlos Hernández | ... | Pedro Hernandez (as Juan Hernandez) | |
| Holt McCallany | ... | Doug Doherty | |
| Tory Kittles | ... | Devon Green | |
| Gene Mack | ... | Kevin Keyes | |
| Beau Starr | ... | Corcoran |
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Also Known As:
Die Promoterin (Germany)The Jackie Kallen Story (USA) (working title)
The Promoter (Germany)
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Rated PG-13 for crude language, violence, brief sensuality and some drug material.Parents Guide:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Malaysia:U | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39517) | Iceland:12Fun Stuff
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Continuity: When Luther is having dinner with Jackie, he picks up his napkin twice. moreSoundtrack:
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Having intensely disliked the last four or five Meg Ryan movies, I looked upon viewing "Against the Ropes" with some trepidation. After all, the movie had received terrible reviews, both with the critics and with the members of the IMDb. While boxing is my favorite spectator sport, I don't like it enough for "Pay for View" or HBO. So I went into the movie knowing nothing of Jackie Kallen or the accuracy of the film. Maybe that's why I enjoyed "Against the Ropes" so much. I could appreciate the work Ryan, Omar Epps, Charles Dutton, Timothy Daly and, especially, Tony Shaloub were putting on the screen. That Dutton directed particularly impressed me. He handles actors and the camera very well, has a very good eye for screen composition and color. Ryan's Midwestern accent is at least as plausible as Kurt Russell's in "Miracle," and "Against the Ropes" is a more entertaining movie. However, the best acting plaudits go to Tony Shaloub as the weaselly fight promoter. Those only familiar with Shaloub's work on "Monk" or "Wings" are going to see a completely different side of him. Shaloub is menacing without the use of violence; that's not as easy to do as some people might think. The ensemble acting here is even better than "Erin Brockovitch," another sanitized story, so I fail to see why that movie was praised and this one panned. Despite the Hollywood touches, this movie is less predictable than either "Brockovitch" or "Twelve Monkeys," which both received much better reviews.
"Against the Ropes" motivated me enough to read Jackie Kallen's biography.She's a hottie like Ryan, no surprise since that was necessary to get any attention at all in a "man's sport". she's also 57 (so much for the childhood scene, dated "1972" in the beginning) and was a successful fight analyst before she became a manager (so much for the secretary bit. She's also Jewish, three of her gentile champions paraded around the ring with trunks emblazoned with the star of David. Now THAT'S the story I would have liked to have seen. Nonetheless, as presented, "Against the Ropes" is worth at least a "7".