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      Against the Ropes

      PG-13 Released Feb 20, 2004 1 hr. 51 min. Drama List
      12% 133 Reviews Tomatometer 29% 10,000+ Ratings Audience Score Boxing manager Jackie Kallen (Meg Ryan) believes she and a veteran trainer can turn a young man (Omar Epps) into a streamlined prizefighter. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Mar 19 Buy Now

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      A bland, dumbed-down package of sports cliches.

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      steve d Epps is solid but the rest is overacted poorly written and predictable. A great film can come from this story but this sure wasn't it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Unworthy of a star. Slow boring and predictable from beginning to the end Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Loved the movie. Thought meg ry an was great in iy Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member It was a bland sort of movie where you could see the manager taking the fame over the real talent. It was time wasted that I'll never get back. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member The film also suffers from a split personality syndrome: it wants to tell the "real life" story (based on actual events, but heavily fictionalized) of Jackie Kallen (played in the film by Meg Ryan), the first big-time female boxing promoter, but it also wants the rousing ending of a big bout, so it dovetails Jackie's story with that of a fictional pugilist, Luther Shaw (Omar Epps), and, in the process, loses its focus. This is a good watch but don't go with your expectations sky high. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Her accent in this movie drove me crazy, horrible. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      (Left to right) Charles S. Dutton as Felix, Meg Ryan as Jackie and Omar Epps as Luther in "Against the Ropes." (Left to right) Charles S. Dutton as Felix and Meg Ryan as Jackie in "Against the Ropes." (Left to right) Charles S. Dutton as Felix and Omar Epps as Luther in "Against the Ropes." Meg Ryan as Jackie Kallen in "Against the Ropes." (Left to right) Tony Shalhoub as LaRocca, Meg Ryan as Jackie and Juan Hernandez as Hernandez in "Against the Ropes." (Left to right) Meg Ryan as Jackie and Omar Epps as Luther in "Against the Ropes." Center) Meg Ryan as Jackie, (back left) Charles S. Dutton as Felix and (back center left) Omar Epps as Luther in "Against the Ropes." (Left to right) Charles S. Dutton as Felix, Meg Ryan as Jackie and Omar Epps as Luther in "Against the Ropes." A scene from the movie " Against the Ropes." Omar Epps as Luther and Meg Ryan as Jackie. View more photos

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      Antonia Quirke London Evening Standard This is pulpy, unforgivable stuff, as ungainly as Ryan's walk in her black high heels. Dec 14, 2017 Full Review Nell Minow Common Sense Media Uninspired tale feels like a made-for-TV movie. Rated: 2/5 Sep 9, 2010 Full Review Empire Magazine What could have been a gripping tale becomes hammy and overdone. Rated: 2/5 May 14, 2004 Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Kallen's story is interesting and I, quite frankly, expected something better than what we have. The raw materials are all here. They just need a little better management and promotion. Against the Ropes -- a split decision. Nov 6, 2019 Full Review Kaleem Aftab The List Based on a true story? Right. This is the boxing movie at its most sentimental -- and fake. Could be a contender for worst movie of the year. Rated: 1/5 Apr 18, 2019 Full Review Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com An inoffensively average, formulaic entertainment with a marketing-problematic point of view. Rated: 2.5/4 Dec 28, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Boxing manager Jackie Kallen (Meg Ryan) believes she and a veteran trainer can turn a young man (Omar Epps) into a streamlined prizefighter.
      Director
      Charles S. Dutton
      Executive Producer
      Steven Roffer, Jonathan Pillot, Scarlett Lacey
      Screenwriter
      Cheryl Edwards
      Distributor
      Paramount Pictures
      Production Co
      Paramount Pictures, Cort/Madden Productions
      Rating
      PG-13 (Crude Language|Brief Sensuality|Some Drug Material|Violence)
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Feb 20, 2004, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 15, 2011
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $5.9M
      Sound Mix
      Dolby SRD, DTS, Surround
      Aspect Ratio
      Scope (2.35:1)
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