Cardboard Boxer
2016 · Movie · 88 min · ★ 6.3 · 40% critics
A homeless man survives by taking cash to fight in staged street bouts, then begins to find small moments of connection through an unexpected friendship and a young girl's discarded diary. The story focuses more on loneliness, exploitation, and hope than on the fighting itself.
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-09-16
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 40/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (61 votes)
About
You may connect with this if you like intimate, sad character dramas about isolation and small acts of kindness, in the vein of Shelter or Adopt a Highway; Not for you if you want a fast-paced boxing movie.
Pros: emotionally affecting moments; strong lead performance; gritty street atmosphere | Cons: slow pacing; uneven story focus; divisive ending
Cast & crew
Thomas Haden Church
as Willie
Terrence Howard
as Pope
Rhys Wakefield
as J.J.
Boyd Holbrook
as Pinky
Macy Gray
as Den Mother
David Henrie
as Clean Cut Man
Johanna Braddy
as Clean Cut Girl
- JM
Jevon McFerrin
as Robber
James Logan
as Mullet
Directed by Knate Gwaltney