Against the Ropes

Based on a true story, about an overachieving secretary to a boxing promoter, who finds a young black man, and turns him into a champion. Reviews were mixed, depending I suppose on what the viewer saw in the movie — is it about feminism or just another ''Rocky''.

110 minutes.
No persons under 10 (Language, Violence) .
Drama

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

I'm the man!

Credits

Cast	Meg Ryan, Omar Epps, Charles Dutton, Tony Shalhoub
Director	Charles Dutton
Screenplay	Cheryl Edwards
Music	Michael Kamen
Cinematography	Jack N. Green
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, DTS
Made in	2004
Produced by	Cort/Madden Productions, Moviemakers Productions, Paramount Pictures

Official Site

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus Gary van Dyk	5
The Star Tanya Farber	10
Daily News Debashine Thangevelo	10
Die Burger William Pretorius	10
Sunday Times Barry Ronge	5
eye Weekly Joel McConvey	3
Box Office Christine James	8
ReelViews James Berardinelli	13
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert	15
What the People say
Internet 173 Netizens	10
Average .. 45%	9

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Against the Ropes

Credits

Ratings

What the Critics say

What the People say

Average .. 45%