Jon Voight,
Faye Dunaway,
Rick Schroder,
Jack Warden,
Arthur Hill
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Billy (Jon Voight) is on the road with his son T.J. (Ricky Schroder), fighting low-end boxing matches for drinking money before moving on to the next town for another match. When his ex-wife (and T.J.... read more
DVD Release Date: July 9, 2002
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Flixster Reviews (623)
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August 19, 2011Effective tearjerker is peopled with fine talent, some like Joan Blondell underused, but will stop at nothing to wring those tears from the audience.
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December 4, 2009Made me cry so hard I didn't want to go to school the next morning. Heartbreaking at the very least. Just an emotionally draining movie. Good, but geez, such a sad ending.
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November 10, 2009Completely unnecessary remake, way over sentimental, over acted, over produced, over everything. They should have left well enough alone. Jon Voight is no Wallace Beery, that's for sure.
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April 23, 2009All I remember of this movie is Ricky Schroder crying and crying and crying and crying and crying and crying and...
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April 23, 2009Rick Schroder makes his film debut alongside Jon Voight and Faye Dunaway in this tear-jerker of a movie about a father-son relationship and the hardships they go through to stay strong and stay together. The Champ is certainly affecting, and all three leads take the film so earne... read more
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April 23, 2009OH MY, I THINK IF YOU CAN FIND THIS IT WILL HELP YOU RELIEVE SOME EMOTIONAL STUFF THAT EVERYONE TENDS TO HIDE "TEAR JERKER"...
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April 23, 2009Little Rick Schroder is adorable in this painful to watch drama. You want to sympathize with Voight, but that kid is just so damn cute you can't help but hate the guy for not giving him a better life....
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April 23, 2009Broke my heart. I cried and cried. Came out of the movie theater and went right to my dad and cried into his chest. I will never forget it. I was 11 years old.
Critic Reviews
April 1, 2007
Michael Booth, Denver Post
April 1, 2007
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The tear-jerking is so determined and persistent that your ducts feel as if they'd been worked over with a catheter. Full Review
May 9, 2005
Vincent Canby, New York Times
The most offputting thing about such canny, tear-stained movies as The Champ is not their naïveté but their unholy sophistication. These movies don't mean to deal with the world as it really is, but a... Full Review
August 21, 2010
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Zeffirelli's inferior remake to King Vidor's 1932 classic, starring Jon Voight in the Oscar-winning role that Wallace Beery had originated, is a manipulative tear-jerking melodrama. Full Review
April 1, 2007
TV Guide's Movie Guide
The original film took 85 minutes, this one 121; the extra length has not improved the story. Full Review
January 4, 2005
Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Pale remake of Wally Berry classic.
November 11, 2004
Michael A. Smith, Nolan's Pop Culture Review
Voight is fine as boxer on a comeback, but Ricky Schroeder steals the film. I dare you not to cry!
February 13, 2004
Victoria Alexander, FilmsInReview.com
I admit it. I cried.
August 21, 2003
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Seek out the 1931 King Vidor version.
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