63%User score 63 percent
Resurrecting the Champ
2007 · Drama
User Score
186 votes
Life is what happens in between rounds.
The story of two men, a veteran boxer who is down and out, and a young man who is just starting his life and boxing career. Their fighting careers cross paths as their lives and fortunes head in opposite directions. Director John Huston tells their stories with a level, unsentimental honesty and makes it into one of his best films.
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CinemaSerf
July 16, 2025
“Billy” (Stacy Keech) had been a jobbing boxer for most of his life, but his aged body has caused him to hang up his gloves, leaving him boozing with the permanently sozzled “Oma” (the scene stealing Susan Tyrell) most of the time whilst eking out an existence doing what he can to earn a buck after his career left him penniless. Whilst training at the YMCA, he comes across the enthusiastic young “Ernie” (Jeff Bridges…
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