20101h 56mDir. David O. Russell

The Fighter

Name: The Fighter
Genre: Drama
Released: 2010-12-10
Duration: 1 h 56 min
Rating: 4.5
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Mickey O'Keefe

“Every dream deserves a fighting chance.”

Drama

4.5 / 5.0

1 Community Logs

1st Half: 4.5 ★vs2nd Half: 4.5 ★

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Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.

Starring:Mark Wahlberg,Christian Bale,Amy Adams,Melissa Leo,Mickey O'Keefe

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Mark Wahlberg

Micky Ward

Christian Bale

Dicky Eklund

Amy Adams

Charlene Fleming

Melissa Leo

Alice Ward

Mickey O'Keefe

Jack McGee

George Ward

Melissa McMeekin

"Little Alice" Eklund

Bianca Hunter

Cathy "Pork" Eklund

Erica McDermott

Cindy "Tar" Eklund

Jill Quigg

Donna Eklund Jaynes

Dendrie Taylor

Gail "Red Dog" Eklund

Kate B. O'Brien

Phyllis "Beaver" Eklund

Key Production Crew

Director

David O. Russell

Screenplay & Writers

Paul Tamasy, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Scott Silver

Cinematography

Hoyte van Hoytema

Original Score

Michael Brook

Producers

Dorothy Aufiero, Ryan Kavanaugh, Todd Lieberman

Film Details

Budget$25,000,000

Box Office Revenue$129,190,869

Original Languageen

Production Studios

The Weinstein CompanyRelativity MediaMandeville FilmsClosest to the Hole ProductionsProtozoa Pictures

Keywords & Themes

#sports#irish-american#boxer#biography#family business #dysfunctional family#family conflict#hometown#boxing trainer#crack addict

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

4.5

“I finally got a good thing going for me and you can’t be fuckin’ happy for me?” The Anti-Balboa Giant of Boxing Films I find The Fighter fascinating in its approach, where David O. Russell deliberately distances h...

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