The Fighter (2010)
Chosen by me because I like to go to the cinema a lot. And it looked good.
Mark Wahlberg (who always gives his best performances in David O'Russell films) is brilliant in this terrific biopic of a boxer I've never heard of (but that's most of them so there we go).
Bale is good but has a showy rather irritating role that Wahlberg underplays next to with great effect.
The film doesn't quite escape the cliches inherent in both biopics and sport flicks (training montage - oh yeah) but films most of the boxing matches with great delicacy the focus being the fight rather than any filmic techniques (for the most part).
Amy Adams and Melissa Leo offer fine support.
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