Against the Ropes PG-13

Against the Ropes
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  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 50 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: April 25, 2017
  • Originally Released: 2004
  • Label: Paramount

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 10,022
What could have been a Working Girl hoot gets mired in redundant assertions of Kallen's feistiness. Full Review
Village Voice
Feb 24, 2004
Somewhere along the way, I found myself enjoying Against the Ropes, not in spite of my better judgment, but because something in the movie defies the whole notion of better judgment altogether.
Salon.com
Feb 21, 2004
This is pulpy, unforgivable stuff, as ungainly as Ryan's walk in her black high heels. Full Review
London Evening Standard
Dec 13, 2017
Rating: 2/4 -- It's hard to expect anyone to infuse much passion into a "by-the-numbers" boxing movie which telegraphs every punch. Full Review
Princeton Town Topics
Apr 25, 2007
Meg Ryan is busily torpedoing any respect she might have accrued Full Review
Times (UK)
May 13, 2004
Kallen's story is interesting and I, quite frankly, expected something better than what we have. The raw materials are all here. They just need a little better management and promotion. Against the Ropes -- a split decision. Full Review
Behind The Lens
Nov 5, 2019
Rating: 2/5 -- Uninspired tale feels like a made-for-TV movie. Full Review
Common Sense Media
Sep 9, 2010

Product Description:

Meg Ryan stars in this fictionalized account of real-life boxing manager Jackie Kallen, the first female to ever make a name for herself in the sport. As the film begins she's just an assistant to the owner of a sleazy sporting arena, but her antagonism toward a mafia-affiliated boxing bigwig (Tony Shalhoub) and her hunch about the innate boxing talent of a young street thug named Luther (Omar Epps) lead her to take up managing. She recruits a retired trainer (Charles S. Dutton, who also directed) to mold Luther into a champ, and starts pushing and climbing through the sport's rampant sexism. The script by Cheryl Edwards is packed with platitudes and great throwaway lines, and to its credit the film doesn't shy away from showing Kallen's less flattering angles. Ryan looks and sounds great, sporting a fun Midwestern accent and a series of sexy outfits as she sashays through the cigar smoke and testosterone, tough-talking her way to victory in argument after argument. Though set in the present, AGAINST THE ROPES has a grungy 1970s feel to it, recalling ROCKY, THE CHAMP, THE MAIN EVENT and other films of the era. The real-life Kallen served as an associate producer.

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  • Sales Rank: 42,826
  • UPC: 032429273314
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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