Fortunately, originality has never been a requirement for us to like something, and precisely that was my case with this film, a story that combines the typical cliche of sports overcoming with a very well created family drama.

[Source](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/307081-southpaw?language=en-US) # # The Fall of a Champion. # When it comes to sports stories we find premises that are almost always the same, marginalized or potential people struggling to reach the top, however in this film the chronology of this premise changes, and is that here the protagonist is already at the top of his profession. A boxing champion who has everything, money, family, friends, love, but unexpectedly loses everything after his wife is killed during a hotel fight.

The important thing is to know that after the death of his wife, our protagonist falls completely, his dependence and love for a woman lead him down a rough and stormy road where he begins to make bad decisions; decisions that lead to an inclement abyss. The once world boxing champion loses his title, his money, and his daughter.

[Source](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi_--Wb4ZvlAhUOR6wKHZ1EBn8Qjhx6BAgBEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2015%2F07%2F23%2Fjake-gyllenhaals-southpaw-is-a-stale-cliche-filled-fight%2F&psig=AOvVaw3PV_eVr5dDXg76n6ifQ_7P&ust=1571142690123453) # However from those facts is when the film really begins because we will see the journey of rediscovery and healing that a broken man will have to do to recover part of what he lost by returning to his beginning and concentrate on a new motivation ... to recover his daughter.

As I said this is not a film that has a super original story, here the original is the way the makers choose to develop the facts, the film changes the usual chronology of this type of film concentrating on the characters, their problems and their difficulties. The plot manages to convey wonderfully the healing journey of a broken man, showing us every step, every path and every obstacle in his new life. Everything is combined to form an excellent plot rhythm where we feel part of the life of the boxer wishing that he can meet his daughter again.

[Source](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjzpfqu4ZvlAhUSC6wKHfD3BsoQjhx6BAgBEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadline.com%2F2015%2F10%2Fsouthpaw-rerelease-jake-gyllenhaal-weinstein-company-1201564686%2F&psig=AOvVaw3PV_eVr5dDXg76n6ifQ_7P&ust=1571142690123453) # # Father & Daughter. # This is a movie that despite dealing with a fallen boxer does not focus on that, the main focus of the movie is a relationship father and daughter that is broken. Both have been separated and our protagonist has no idea how to deal with everything that is happening to him, does not know what to do or how to get his daughter back. The chemistry between Jake Gyllenhaal and Oona Laurence is magnificent, both are compenetrating delivering extremely emotional and heartbreaking scenes that remind us of the suffering, motivation and helplessness of two people who cannot be together. # [Source](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiRuq2M5ZvlAhUInq0KHSxOD_AQjhx6BAgBEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Ftvshowbiz%2Farticle-3170389%2FJake-Gyllenhaal-looks-adoringly-Rachel-McAdam-s-onscreen-daughter-trio-promote-film-Southpaw.html&psig=AOvVaw3PV_eVr5dDXg76n6ifQ_7P&ust=1571142690123453) # Oona Laurence plays the boxer's daughter in a splendid way, transmitting a lively empathy, where we can feel the suffering of a little girl who cannot be with her father, a little girl who shouts at him, mistreats him and presses him constantly so that he makes an effort and gets up from the lethargy that his life has become. On the other hand Jake Gyllenhaal continues to do what he is so easily done lately, characterize and deliver perfect performances. The actor is completely transformed into a man who is emotionally broken because he has lost everything, a man who wanders looking for how to recover, transmitting pain, emptiness and suffering in every scene Jake Gyllenhaal gets us to support and feel sorry for him. # [Source](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiequ2I5ZvlAhUQKKwKHQ4FAbkQjhx6BAgBEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.slashfilm.com%2Fnew-southpaw-trailer%2F&psig=AOvVaw3PV_eVr5dDXg76n6ifQ_7P&ust=1571142690123453) # # Last Words # An extremely entertaining and emotional film that shows us the hard road to success, a road that does not always give the rewards it promises and can often lead to unexpected things. A perfectly developed story that manages to trap us in the drama father/daughter very fast by all the emotion and suffering that both actors manage to deliver, creating really intense scenes that make us feel very sorry for the situations that both have to deal with.

Great movie that using a little original story manages to create a fantastic and highly enjoyable atmosphere.

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