The Fighter

...it’s a reminder of how satisfying these movies can be when they’re done right.

...two very different but equally powerful performances combine to deliver an exhilarating fight-flick that, like its scrappy central character, is impossible not to root for.

Bale uncorks an ostentatious display of Acting with a Capital A, nervy, twitchy, staring, starved down to addict-level.

...Christian Bale balanserar på rätt sida av spela-över-träsket och levererar en fantastisk prestation som Wards nedknarkade ex-boxande brorsa.