Cinderella Man

Cinderella Man (2005) is Ron Howard's boxing drama, and you can watch it online on iFILM. Russell Crowe plays a fighter written off by everyone, climbing back into the ring to keep his family fed.

The story opens as the stock market collapse wipes out a generation of jobs. Jim Braddock once chased a title, but a string of losses and a busted hand pushed him off the circuit. Now he hauls cargo at the docks for spare change, lines up for relief money, and watches his wife Mae (Renée Zellweger) and three kids shiver in an unheated flat. Then his old manager Joe Gould (Paul Giamatti) lands him a last-minute bout against a heavy favorite. One good night could put a forgotten name back on the marquee.

It draws on the real heavyweight James J. Braddock, nicknamed the Cinderella Man for clawing from breadlines to a 1935 championship fight. Howard shoots the boxing close and brutal, where every body blow lands like a missed meal. Stream Cinderella Man (2005) online on iFILM.