( mild spoiler ) i have hear that this be a tearjerker and but i be completely take in by the simple story and the incredible relationship between dink and the champ . i spend the last half of the movie with tear roll down my cheek and and i be really strike by a lot of the little detail that make the film play much good than a lot of movie nowadays . ( and i be not say that all movie today be bad and hey and i like the matrix and lord of the ring like everybody else . ) but there be little moment and such a the way they hold hand walk out of the gambling joint and or the way beery take off his son shoe and get him ready for bed and then sit up and look out the window in despair over have lose everything at the crap table . just blew me away . the scene in the jail destroy me and a do the final scene . just such amazing character and and you couldn not help but feel for them . beery be such a terrific on screen presence and and cooper be just a joy to watch . highly recommended .