"Somebody Up There Likes Me" is a pretty good boxing movie. It's fairly entertaining for most of its run-time. None of the performances really stood out for me, though. I didn't think Paul Newman was all that believable as an Italian-American from Brooklyn. Sometimes the voice he affected made me think of Andrew Dice Clay.
I expected a boxing movie from 1956 to be tame, but it isn't, really. Of course, this is no "Raging Bull", with spurting noses and gut-wrenching sound effects, but it does a decent job of showing the sport.
Overall I thought it was pretty good, and I appreciate a movie that mostly holds my attention. But I still think Newman was miscast.
I expected a boxing movie from 1956 to be tame, but it isn't, really. Of course, this is no "Raging Bull", with spurting noses and gut-wrenching sound effects, but it does a decent job of showing the sport.
Overall I thought it was pretty good, and I appreciate a movie that mostly holds my attention. But I still think Newman was miscast.