The Boxer
1997 · 114 min
Directed by Jim Sheridan. Written by Jim Sheridan, Terry George. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Ken Stott.
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.
Critics 80% · audiences 74%