Shadowboxer
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33 out of 100

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6.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 23 Ratings

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  • Summary: Shadowboxer is an emotionally-charged, full-throttle noir, which delves deep into the harsh underworld of organized crime and uncovers the complex lives of trained assassins, Mikey (Gooding Jr.) and Rose (Mirren). (Teton Films)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 15
  3. Negative: 8 out of 15
  1. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Greg Burk
    70
    This is a sick flick. Sick, but satisfying. A cartoonish parable in the mode of Cronenberg's "A History of Violence."
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    60
    A gaudy thriller saturated in sex and violence, is an extravagance that leaves you with your mouth hanging open - partly in admiration of its audacity and partly in disbelief at its preposterousness.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    38
    If he earns no other accolades for his directorial debut - a distinct likelihood - Lee Daniels deserves some kind of award just for assembling the most bizarrely random cast of this young century.
  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Jessica Reaves
    38
    Gruesome and supremely disjointed foray into the world of hired assassins.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 4 out of 10
  1. JoshD.
    10
    This movie was amazing, dark, and twisted. And it was SO beautifully done. A+.
  2. TW
    8
    I really liked the movie I watched it twice! The Ending could have been better but I was very satisfied.
  3. FrankJ.
    7
    I enjoyed Mirren and Gooding and while preposterous in its twists, the movie held my interest and entertained despite its gratuitous violence. How many close up homicides are necessary to maintain audience interest? How many butt shots of Gooding are necessary to make a point? Hollywood does not let us down again with its insistence upon redundancy and hit you over the head subtlety. Tinseltown just may never overcome its compulsion to play down to its audience. So they need to balance this insulting direction with casting a Helen Mirren.… Expand
  4. jp992751
    3
    Whoever cast this needs to find a new job. Helen Mirren as a serial killer? Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a doctor? Mo'Nique as his girlfriend? With all the names popping up on the screen you would figure that the movie would have to be good otherwise why would these actors have signed on, right? Wrong. As stated the casting was way off, the odd story which includes Gooding and Mirren as step-son and mother-in-law in a relationship with each other just doesn't work. Cuba can act we have all seen it but in Shadowboxer he felt stale and out of place. Not much good I can say about this so I will just end it there.… Expand

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