SummaryFrom abject poverty to becoming a ten time boxing world champion and history’s first boxing congressman, international icon Manny Pacquiao is the definition of a Cinderella story. In the Philippines, he first entered the ring as a sixteen year old weighing 98 pounds with the goal of earning money to feed his family. Now, almost twenty years later... Read More
Directed By:Leon Gast, Ryan Moore
Manny
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Generally Unfavorable
35
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Generally Unfavorable
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71% Mixed
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5 Reviews
29% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Jan 23, 2015
50
Despite having a life story seemingly tailor-made for the big screen, it transforms his potentially fascinating tale into a narrow and borderline fawning hagiography that will no doubt find great favor among his fan base, while inspiring shrugs of indifference from those less invested in his tale.
Jan 19, 2015
50
An informative, if largely deferent, biographical documentary that tritely explains the ascendancy of Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao.
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Mixed or Average
22% Positive
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4 Ratings
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Jul 25, 2015
8
I did not have great expectations for this movie and I found myself immersed in watching it. It does not just give you boxing but includes a very nice introspective on Manny the person. I really enjoyed it. A HIT in my books!
Jan 23, 2015
6
It´s a good bio pic if you know the boxer Manny and wanna remember his past. But i think reading wikipedia will be more resourceful and quickly. Can´t believe Liam neeson narrated **** is every where.
Jan 22, 2015
40
The narrative has been fashioned mostly in Mr. Pacquiao’s favor, although there are mentions of overwork, infidelity and gambling. Banal, stentorian narration by Liam Neeson (“Once victory is stolen from you, what are you left with?”) mostly gives the sense that it’s the viewer being carried around the ring.
Jan 22, 2015
40
As a sizzle reel, Manny feeds off the hype but leaves this man with fascinatingly renaissance tastes and ambitions still naggingly unexplored by the end.
Jan 20, 2015
40
Though co-directed by Leon Gast, who made the exceptional “Rumble In The Jungle” documentary When We Were Kings, Manny stays entirely on the surface of Pacquiao’s life and of a sport that’s rife with dirty dealing and chicanery.
Jan 21, 2015
30
Throughout, the complexities of the charismatic fighter's life are only cursorily referenced so that the celebratory tone may not be marred, with Manny ultimately content to treat its subject with kid gloves.
Jan 22, 2015
20
Only a fool would say it to his face, but eight-time divisional boxing champ Manny (Pacman) Pacquiao has a limp swing as a documentary subject.
Jan 26, 2015
1
Manny is a short minded, dumb look in the boxer's life. A movie that could have so much to it, Manny bores rather than inform. His ambitions are overlooked and forgotten in the runtime, when the film focuses on the fight rather than the person itself. And that is annoying because, Manny is trying to be more Raging Bull than a biopic on a man whose life deserves to be explored. With a solid narrative by Liam Neeson and some engaging fight scenes, it could work for his fans. Problem is, it delivers barley half of fan service. It's a cut, copy, paste of a site onto a script that the director used as his screenplay.
Production Company:
- Wonderspun
- Revelin Studios
Release Date:Jan 23, 2015
Duration:1 h 28 m
Rating:PG-13
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Awards
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
MovieGuide Awards
• 1 Nomination
