Ham's Movie of the Week -- The Fighter

The Fighter is based on the true story of Mickey Ward and the effects of his family on his boxing career.  Mark Wahlberg plays Mickey and Christian Bale (Dickie) plays Mickey's crack addicted brother who trains him.  Before seeing this movie I thought it was just going to be a typical boxing movie where there's training, fights, and the main character finally wins the belt, and half of the movie is the fights.  If you're looking for a movie that's all about boxing this isn't the movie for you.