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Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
An ex-boxer, living with the knowledge that his fight career was cut short by a crooked manager, channels his bitter disappointment in a single-minded quest for boxing championships for his three sons. We see them in pee-wee Silver Glove matches with dad constantly pushing them. Ten years later, they're young men, with dad as both father and manager. A professional promoter, Nick Everson, wants to sign the boys, but dad rejects those offers. Then, in expressions of their varied relationships with their father, each son makes his own decisions. Can dad ever step aside, and can the family hold together?
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes34%
Metacritic32/100
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Carlos ÁvilaDirector
- Phil BergerWriter
Cast
- Jimmy SmitsArturo Ortega
- Maria del MarRita Ortega
- Jon SedaSonny Ortega
- Clifton Collins Jr.Jimmy Ortega
- Ernesto HernándezJohnny Ortega (as Ernesto Hernandez)
- Ron PerlmanNick Everson
- Paul RodríguezPepe
- Louis MandylorDavey Lane
- Sal LopezHector Salmon
- Danielle CamastraMarielle Cruz
- Jack RaderMarata
- Matt CedeñoYoung Arturo Ortega
Themes
sports