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Title: Pugilistic Pap
Review: We sat through the entire nearly two hours of this, waiting for it to develop into more than a bunch of low-lifes throwing insults and fists at each other. We were disappointed.The film offers an up close view of the incredibly depressing life of a bunch of losers in Lowell, MA, one of whom eventually manages to make it big. And, oh yeah, there were a few boxing scenes thrown in there. But there were no characters you'd be interested in enough to care about what happens to them. When the end credits rolled, my only thought was 'so what'?Judging by the high ratings many other reviewers gave this, my opinion is apparently in the minority. The only thing I can think of that might explain this is different attitudes toward dialog. So, if your idea of a clever, inspired script is one where the f-bomb gets dropped every 30 seconds or so, add another star to my rating.
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