CRITICAL CONSENSUS

Michael Rechtshaffen - Hollywood Reporter

Carrie Rickey - Philadelphia Inquirer

Mike Clark - USA Today

William Arnold - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Peter Travers - Rolling Stone

Rob Blackwelder - SPLICEDwire

Lisa Schwarzbaum - EW

Anthony Lane - New Yorker

Pete Vonder Haar - Film Threat

David Edelstein - Slate

Manohla Dargis - NY Times

James Berardinelli - ReelViews

Jami Bernard - NY Daily News

Robert K. Elder - Chicago Tribune

Lou Lumenick - NY Post

DUELING CRITICS

"[Director] Ron Howard and [star] Russell Crowe bring the [James J.] Braddock story to vivid life in a superbly acted, beautifully shot, highly engaging drama that ranks as one of Howard's best efforts"

- Michael Rechtshaffen

"Ron Howard's bio-pic is an Oscar-baiting fairy tale that manipulates the audience at every turn of the clich...So square it makes the original Rocky look cutting edge and Million Dollar Baby positively avant-garde by comparison"

- Lou Lumenick