(No spoilers)
I expected full blown Kung-Fu (me not doing my homework) but was instead completely surprised. A woman who gets severely beaten daily by her pro- Thai-boxer-husband, has childhood issues, a daughter who hates her and unsupportive friends, decides to fight back and in a moment of desperation she challenge him, in public, to a fight in the ring.
I was expecting this to be some long montage of her training and getting magical Kung-Fu powers, but it was nothing like that, this is not a fighting movie per se. The story is told from her perspective the whole way, and she is not superwoman, she gets beaten, she is scared, and altogether does not seem like she could hurt a mouse.
She does go into the ring with him and.... no I'm not telling. If you feel like seeing a movie about an underdog who steps up to oppression, without silly superpowers and scared s**tless the whole way, a movie that keeps an altogether human perspective throughout the story, then watch "Punch Lady".
It has some very funny moments that made me laugh out loud, and some pretty grim moments that where hard to watch, and it is well told.
I expected full blown Kung-Fu (me not doing my homework) but was instead completely surprised. A woman who gets severely beaten daily by her pro- Thai-boxer-husband, has childhood issues, a daughter who hates her and unsupportive friends, decides to fight back and in a moment of desperation she challenge him, in public, to a fight in the ring.
I was expecting this to be some long montage of her training and getting magical Kung-Fu powers, but it was nothing like that, this is not a fighting movie per se. The story is told from her perspective the whole way, and she is not superwoman, she gets beaten, she is scared, and altogether does not seem like she could hurt a mouse.
She does go into the ring with him and.... no I'm not telling. If you feel like seeing a movie about an underdog who steps up to oppression, without silly superpowers and scared s**tless the whole way, a movie that keeps an altogether human perspective throughout the story, then watch "Punch Lady".
It has some very funny moments that made me laugh out loud, and some pretty grim moments that where hard to watch, and it is well told.