Transplant ERIN BROCKOVICH into one of the later ROCKY films, add a healthy dollop of LEGALLY BLOND-style lipstick feminism and the result is this thoroughly formulaic gloss on the life and career of pioneering boxing promoter Jackie Kallen, who took on mobsters, thugs and assorted sexist scum armed with street smarts, high heels and an unshakable devotion to the sweet science. As a child, little Jackie hangs out in her dad's gym, doted on by her Uncle Ray Ray (Sean Bell), a small-time pugilist, and warned by her father that boxing is an unsuitable interest for a girl. As an adult, tough-talking, street-wise Jackie (Meg Ryan, affecting a broad, trashy accent of indet...
Released:
2004
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
110 mins