Southpaw

"Believe in hope."

2015 2h 3m EN

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7.4

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★7.4TMDB · 5,959

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Synopsis

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Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.

“Believe in hope.”

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Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal
Billy 'The Great' Hope
Rachel McAdams
Maureen Hope
Forest Whitaker
Titus 'Tick' Wills
Oona Laurence
Leila Hope
50 Cent
Jordan Mains
Skylan Brooks
Hoppy
Naomie Harris
Angela Rivera
Victor Ortiz
Ramone

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writers: Kurt Sutter
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, China

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.1× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, China.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Antoine Fuqua, shot by Mauro Fiore. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by James Horner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor John Refoua shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Rachel McAdams and Forest Whitaker carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Believe in hope.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Antoine Fuqua directs. Mauro Fiore behind the camera. James Horner scores. John Refoua cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America, China. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 3.1× over at the box office.
2Released 11 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: United States of America, China.
4Directed by Antoine Fuqua, shot by Mauro Fiore. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by James Horner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor John Refoua shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jake Gyllenhaal and Rachel McAdams and Forest Whitaker carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Believe in hope.".
9IMDB entry: tt1798684 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 13 themes, including "sports", "fighter", "boxer", "tragedy".

The technical file

Cinematography: Mauro Fiore
Original score: James Horner
Editing: John Refoua
Production design: Derek R. Hill
Costume design: David C. Robinson
Makeup / hair: Liz Bernstrom
Stunt coordinator: John Cenatiempo
Runtime: 123 min · 2h 3m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $30,000,000
Box office: $91,709,827
Return: 306% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Southpaw (2015)

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Andres Gomez2016-01-22
★ 7/10
Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker and, specially, Jake Gyllenhaal show us how good of an actors they are. Also, we discover the great performance by Oona Laurence but that's the(one and only) big strength of the movie; its cast. The story is the one told a thousand times without many new details that would make it any different. The directing is correct but the story is just too well known.
John Chard2016-05-14
★ 7/10
I can handle the rules, man, I'll handle the rules. Ultimately this is just another one of those sports movies about someone who went off the rails due to tragedy, but came back to make the audience cheer. There is absolutely nothing new here, every cliché is adhered to, every chance to tug the heart strings is prominent, while the finale is as obvious as any one who watches sports movies will expect. But these things don't make it a bad film. It's very well mounted by the makers, expertly performed by the principal actors, and, well, there's often a time when you need a rousing pick-me-up movie. The camera work and choreography is high grade, while director Antoine Fuqua is able to keep a realistic feel to the drama throughout. It is what it is, a very well made boxing movie, it's just not champion in story, just merely a contender. 7/10
StbMDB2017-05-14
★ 6/10
As far as boxing sport movies goes Southpaw isn't a film to remember, but the whole aspect of a criminal being made a successful man because of his wife/daughter, people in his life the MC deemed to fight for, added that one drama notch to get you all goose bumped. Regardless, as far as boxing goes, these fights weren't doing it for me as a boxing sport fanatic and practitioner myself. They were unrealistic to a certain extend.