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Tony Toscano reviews “The Fighter”

One of the best films of the year, “The Fighter” stars Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams and in what is sure to be an Oscar-nominated performance, Christian Bale.

Bale creates a complex character as Dicky Eklund, a “never was” fighter whose claim to fame is he may have knocked down Sugar Ray in a prizefight. Now a drug addict, Dicky has been training his brother, Micky Ward (Wahlberg) to jump into the ring.

Bale, ever the master manipulator, brings us a multi-dimensional character both pathetic and regal.

Mark Wahlberg (who also produces the film) gives Micky Ward a vulnerability and innocence that in itself is extremely charming. Adding to his performance is Wahlberg’s determination to physically change himself during the course of the film, adding and losing muscles and weight.

This movie so compelling and so human, it’s hard not to see this film without feeling you intimately know each character.

“The Fighter” is one of the best films of the year and gets an A – its rated R.

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