Southpaw

Believe In Hope.

The reigning Junior Middleweight Champion seemingly has it all with an impressive career, a beautiful and loving wife, an adorable daughter and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy strikes and his lifelong manager and friend leaves him behind, he hits rock bottom and turns to an unlikely saviour at a run-down local gym. This is a retired fighter and trainer to the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future riding on his new coach's guidance and tenacity, the boxer enters the hardest battle of his life as he struggles with redemption and to win back the trust of those he loves.

124 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence).
Action, Drama, Sports, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Getting the tat was a mistake ...

Credits

Cast	Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker, Oona Laurence, 50 Cent, Skylan Brooks, Naomie Harris
Director	Antoine Fuqua
Screenplay	Kurt Sutter
Music	James Horner
Cinematography	Mauro Fiore
Editing	John Refoua
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2015
Produced by	Escape Artists, Fuqua Films, Riche Productions, WanDa Pictures

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Sports drama
Language	Strong impact, frequent, not disapproved of.
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Strong impact, frequent, realistic with bloodletting.
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Contains scenes which may trigger Photo or Pattern Sensitivity in susceptible viewers.
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CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 16 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Geoffrey MacNab Packs a powerful final punch...	10
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Kragtoer in kryt.	10
Cape Times Deborah Young Transforming in the ring.	10
Metacritic.com 42 critics	11
Rottentomatoes critics 186 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Jake Gyllenhaal delivers an impressively committed performance, but Southpaw beats it down with a dispiriting drama that pummels viewers with genre clichés.	12
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	12
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Deeply moving drama about boxing, life has brutal violence.	15
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 151 users	16
Rottentomatoes users 31934 users	15
Internet 35426 Netizens Formulaic but entertaining, in its own way, with an excellent cast doing excellent work	15
Average .. 63%	13