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- 2016
- Not Rated
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 1 h 28 m
- 2016
- Not Rated
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 1 h 28 m
Summary Willie (Thomas Haden Church), homeless and on Skid Row, is coerced by two teens to fight other men for cash. Now involved in a violent world he can’t understand and with few human connections beyond a girl's diary he found, Willie struggles to find a way out.
- 2016
- Not Rated
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 1 h 28 m
- 2016
- Not Rated
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 1 h 28 m
Cardboard Boxer
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7.4
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Summary Willie (Thomas Haden Church), homeless and on Skid Row, is coerced by two teens to fight other men for cash. Now involved in a violent world he can’t understand and with few human connections beyond a girl's diary he found, Willie struggles to find a way out.
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Delivering a fully committed, moving performance, Thomas Haden Church makes you pay attention to a figure you would otherwise pass by without a second thought.
Cardboard Boxer isn’t meant to be subtle or subversive. That’s fine. It doesn’t need to be. But it does need to feel sincere or at least genuine, and that’s only occasionally the case with Lee’s underwhelming debut.
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Based on 7 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
7.4
71% Positive
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14% Mixed
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Mr. Church fully inhabits the character, making the most of Willie’s dented moral sense and his many limitations. But the film constructs some too-perfect solutions to problems and manipulates our emotions.
Although he effectively establishes the downtrodden milieu, Lee’s script ultimately succumbs to mounting clichés and plot contrivances.
By emphasizing the uglier aspects of his most complex character, Lee turns an otherwise down-to-earth slice-of-life drama into an unconvincing morality play.
