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Bleed for This rises on the strength of Miles Teller's starring ... Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/30/24 Full Review KB B This was such a compelling movie with good acting. Miles ...
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Nov 18, 2016 · November 18, 2016. 6 min read. “Bleed for This” starts out like a traditional underdog-fighter-makes-good flick, based on a true story, pivots and becomes something else, then goes back to being traditional. Miles Teller plays Vinny Paz, aka Pazienza, aka The Pazmanian Devil, an Italian-American junior welterweight fighter from Rhode Island.
Almost unrecognizable in Bleed for This, his Rooney is a flawed and loyal and committed; he's a mess, even as he works to help Vinny pick up the pieces of his banged-up life and body. Though his character is still limited by boxing-movie cliches, Eckhart more than makes up for it, turning in a knock-out performance that captures the joy of of pursuit, the fear of being forgotten, and the total ...
- Miles Teller, Katey Sagal, Aaron Eckhart
- Ben Younger
- Open Road Films
Dec 2, 2016 · A scene in which Pazienza has his halo screws literally twisted out of his skull after refusing anaesthetic shows the boxer’s force of will, but elsewhere there’s little attempt to get inside ...
Nov 18, 2016 · Bleed for This is just as rousing as one would expect with good performances to boot, but it does wind up being far too cliched to be a great boxing film. As it stands, it is an above average one that manages to be uplifting, powerful, and pure example of feel good cinema amidst the sea of machismo on display in the film.
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Bleed for This (2016) This is a biographical sports film based on the life of former world champion boxer Vinny Pazienza. The film stars Miles Teller, with Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal, and Ted Levine in supporting roles. It received generally positive reviews but was a box office disappointment.
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Nov 20, 2016 · At first glance, Bleed for This looks like a typical boxing movie. But Vinny Pazienza's story and Miles Teller's performance make it distinctive.
