Reviews

Great flick. I loved it for two reasons: simplicity and realism - about life and about professional sports. Its a clearly drawn sketch of a guy like Charley. Garfield is at his best. He is totally credible. Everything is clear: Peg is all good - all giving. Alice the vamp is one hundred percent evil. So is the promoter, Roberts. A subtle contrast versus these black and whites is Garfield's character because he is flawed. He changes moral coloring as the plot progressives. They stay the same. We know the good guys and girls right away. No moral obscurity here. Clearly an old-fashioned movie - this is the way they used to be. No car chases, no mega-explosions, and no moral relativity either. And there's a plot, too. We need more of these.

three words describe this waste of celluloid. Silly, pretentious and dumb. Tom must have selected this script with eyes wide shut. He's fun to watch as a performer and so is penelope and cameron, but the plot, oy, is totally uncohesive. It is not fair to the rational viewer. And the underlying rationale, the mechanism that drives the plot is, shall we say, stupid. This flick is a waste of time. Better to sneak past the ticket office - sneak into the lobby- and buy yourself a big bag of popcorn with the money you saved on the ticket. You'll get some change too. And you'll save a couple of hours. Now eat your popcorn and look at the lobby posters. Try to find a movie coming up - without Tom Cruise