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 Against the Ropes
 Release Date - February 20th, 2004
 Distributor - Paramount
 Duration - 1 hr. 20 min.
 Rating - Rated PG-13 for crude language, violence, brief sensuality and some drug material.
 Type - Drama
 Writer : Jackie Kallen ,Cheryl Edwards
 Producer : Robert W. Cort, David Madden
 Director : Charles S. Dutton
 Starring : Meg Ryan, Omar Epps, Joe Cortese, Timothy Daly, Kerry Washington
 Synopsis
This is the true story of Jackie Kallen (Ryan), a Jewish woman from Detroit who became a boxing manager, guiding several major careers. This film focuses on her relationship with one boxer (Epps), who's reportedly a composite of several (including Toney, McKart and Hearns). Kallen eventually left her husband of 30 years, and moved to Los Angeles, becoming the commissioner of the International Female Boxers Association.
 Critic Reviews
This is the true story of Jackie Kallen (Ryan), a Jewish woman from Detroit who became a boxing manager, guiding several major careers. This film focuses on her relationship with one boxer (Epps), who's reportedly a composite of several (including Toney, McKart and Hearns). Kallen eventually left her husband of 30 years, and moved to Los Angeles, becoming the commissioner of the International Female Boxers Association.

Grade : C
Boston Globe - When we last saw Meg Ryan, she was in an erotic pickle in Jane Campion's murder mystery ''In the Cut,'' where she did unusual things with poetry, blood, and sex. Now, in ''Against the Ropes,'' she's wearing knee-high ...   more



Grade : C -
Chicago Tribune - ''Against the Ropes'' is a fatally starry-eyed movie about Cleveland's feisty Jackie Kallen (Meg Ryan), a real-life boxing manager who became the most successful woman ever in her ...   more


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