The Boxer

The Boxer was a pretty good movie about boxing. And Ireland. And hope. But mainly boxing. Ok, not really. It's mainly about Northern Ireland and how self-destructive the IRA was. Jim Sheridan needs to do more work. Seriously. He's only made about five films. And I haven't seen The Field, but the other four are all damn good. And I just kept watching Daniel Day-Lewis and thinking about how he likes to get really into his roles, and I wondered how much of the boxing was real, and how much of the blood and bruises were real. Probably a considerable amount.