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The Good Son: The Life of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini

2013

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SnagFilms | Release Date: August 9, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini recounts his father's legacy, his own meteoric rise in boxing and the tragic results and aftermath of his 1982 fight against Duk Koo Kim.

Director: Jesse James Miller

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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80

Los Angeles Times

Gary Goldstein

Aug 7, 2013

[A] colorful, absorbing documentary. Read full review

80

The New York Times

Nicole Herrington

Aug 8, 2013

Jesse James Miller’s moving documentary “The Good Son” is like a brisk novel with a bigger-than-life protagonist. Read full review

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Variety

Rob Nelson

Aug 8, 2013

Director Jesse James Miller’s bio of ‘80s-era World Boxing Council lightweight champ Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini connects on emotional levels in the telling of an up-from-nothing brawler whose colorful career climaxed in tragedy. Read full review

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IndieWire Gary M. Kramer

Aug 9, 2013

The Good Son is Mancini’s mea culpa memoir; a grand act of self-vindication that succeeds because the boxer is sympathetic and asks respectfully for forgiveness and absolution. Read full review

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New York Post

Farran Smith Nehme

Aug 9, 2013

The final scenes, when Mancini meets Kim’s son, have the awkward feel of an “Oprah” episode, with the editing and music suggesting a catharsis that isn’t always backed up by what’s on-screen. Read full review

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New York Daily News

Joe Neumaier

Aug 8, 2013

The film winds up as a chronicle of uneasy forgiveness. Read full review

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Village Voice

Calum Marsh

Aug 6, 2013

Mancini, who served as an executive producer, is glorified and exonerated, yet it's his inability to render either process interesting that ultimately sinks the picture. Read full review

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