RE: "And Warner Brothers never tells you the truth about a key plot twist that turns this pedestrian boxing movie into an insufferable manipulative right to die movie. With one of the characters horribly handicapped begging for assisted suicide."
There's the giveaway right there, as comprehensive as direct as all it's been cracked up to be. And Medved's "Eye on Entertainment" reviews are pretty horrible anyway (even for capsule reviews), focusing almost exclusively on what Medved feels is "objectionable content" while ignoring the quality of the acting, writing, direction, craft, and impact of the movie itself. There's only one true Screenit.com, Mike, and they even write more relevant reviews than yours.
From your home page:
I'm a 22 year old radical young Republican
Michael Medved also has a new book out "Right Turns" in which he describes his journey from liberal to conservative views. He and his wife have also authored a book (or more) about raising children in today's media environment.
I respect your passion to defend "art" but if you are introspective at all, you must consider that you are defending your perspective on art and movie-making from the years of experience you have had, versus the years of experience that MM has had.
I am trying to say that the world of 1994-2005 is already a world of images that you consider 'normal' but are gross distortions or exaggerations from the world that might be (and has been in the past) healthier to the minds and psyches of children.