In David O. Russell's inspired - by -
actual - events story, Wahlberg is Lowell, Massachusetts boxer «Irish» Micky Ward, a «stepping stone» for better welterweight pugilists
whose flatlined professional trajectory in the mid»90s is due less to so - so
talent than to his caretakers, mother Alice (Leo) and brother Dickie (Bale).
I've always maintained that it's ok to boast about one's
talent if you have
actual talent, and De Palma,
whose work has spanned so many genres, has gifted us with more indelible moments in any given film than most directors have in their entire careers.