★★★ The Boxer

[Gino: 3.5, Twoshoes: 2.5]

Gino says: 'Daniel Day-Lewis and Emily Watson star in this movie about a man formerly involved with the IRA returning to his home after a prison sentence, on the eve of peace negotiations. His return kind of disturbs the balance of things in his district/neighborhood. At first, this felt sort of slight, like a TV movie. But as you are introduced to more and more characters, the tension building in each thread of the story kinda adds up to something in a sneaky way that I admired. I also thought it was a good idea that they minimized referring to the wider picture of what was going on at the time. Not a great film, but a good one.'