Rotten
A miscast Ryan struggles with a Detroit accent and a script that goes nowhere.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Against the Ropes
She gave the boxing world the one-two punch they never saw coming.
2004 · 1h 46m · PG-13
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Charles S. Dutton
Overview
A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.
Director and cast
- Charles S. Dutton Director
- Meg Ryan as Jackie Kallen
- Tony Shalhoub as Tony Shalhoub
- Omar Epps as Luther Shaw
- Charles S. Dutton as Felix Reynolds
- Tim Daly as Gavin Reese
- Joe Cortese as Irving Abel
- Kerry Washington as Renee
- Sean Bell as Ray Kallen
- Dean McDermott as Pete Kallen
- Skye McCole Bartusiak Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
11%
Tomatometer
Rotten
What could have been a Working Girl hoot gets mired in redundant assertions of Kallen's feistiness.
Laura Sinagra, Village Voice
Fresh
Somewhere along the way, I found myself enjoying Against the Ropes, not in spite of my better judgment, but because something in the movie defies the whole notion of better judgment altogether.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Rotten
So anemic you should probably order iron supplements with your popcorn, its plot so predictable it makes falling dominoes seem like a white-knuckle thrill ride.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Rotten
A boilerplate melodrama whose good guys and bad guys are so baldly drawn they could have been conceived by Friz Freleng.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
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