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Title: Christian Bale saved this movie
Review: I watched The Fighter last night. I believe the "white trash" family was so oversimplified/caricatured that it made them all look like their IQ's hovered somewhere around 70, just above the cut off for intellectual disability and definitely bordering on emotional/developmental disability. Anyway, Christian Bale's performance was outstanding... the only well written/played character in the movie. I had a difficult time keeping Mark Walberg's "Boogie Nights" character separated from his performance in this movie! Except for Bale, the movie was a disappointment.
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