That was an excellent one.

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Beautiful Boxer is an excellent film that combines a compelling story that does a great job at portraying a not often seen subject and deftly filmed and choreographed boxing matches. The film focuses on portraying the true story of the life of a boxer in Thailand. the fact that the film is based on a true story and that many of the events n the film actually happened add to the films impact overall. the director did a good job with the art direction and the cinematography is especially great during the boxing matches. there are many times throughout the film where i was struck by how much more real these fights seemed than some found in major Hollywood movies. the character development is also good. we can see how important it is to have confidence in your self and to never give up on your dreams. Overall I would definitely watch this movie again and if you like action movies with deeper stories I recommend this film.

Beautiful Boxer is a touching and meaningful Thai movie by Singapore-based director Ekachai Uekrongtham. Nong Toom's life story is the main subject of the film which is playing by Asanee Suwan, a male kick boxer in the real life. Nong Toom was a Thai boxing champion before but she is a model in Thai today.In the movie, Nong Toom is a transsexual person who faces her real sexuality bravely. I like the film because I really admire her behavior and spirit. The fans of the genre would be satisfied since the impact of the story is really strong. It is difficult to imagine that a masculine man would choose to do a surgery in order to become a femininity lady. The storyline/ structure of the film are wonderful because it not only shows the life of Nong Toom to audience but also displays her internal talk and state of mind which is easy to understand. I can predict that the main character is a male transgender who wanted to become a woman in his childhood. However, it's still a good movie because it's fun to know how people with gender distortion are thinking and feeling. In the film, when Nong Toom was in the childhood, there are many shots about lipstick. Nevertheless, Nong Toom had interests to be a woman is not because of cosmetic but is mindset. He/She hates violence of Thai boxing but he/she loves the beauty of it. He/She joined the competitions was not because of gaining reputation but letting family to have a better life.Beautiful Boxer relates to the society. There are few people who have gender and sexuality problem. Also, these people usually got discriminated. But, we cannot say that being a transgender or transsexual is their fault since they are born this way. "Life will take you on many roads. But only when you look inside, do you find the strength to be yourself?" and "The most difficult thing is try not to forget what you really want to be." I really like these two sentences which Nong Toom mentions when she was interviewing by a western reporter. The film tells us that if you are comfortable with the opposite sex, there is no need to be ashamed of it. Although some people would laugh behind, being what you really are is more important.

This film is about the story of a trans-gender kick boxer. It is mainly about how he recognizes what he really wants and his inner psychological struggles. Acting of the main character is fascinating, he agonizes hard to live the way he really wants, and he is brave to fight for it. Physically, he is a strong kick boxer, he practices hard in order to be able to fight in Bangkok. However, deep inside his heart, he takes himself as a "her". "She" likes putting on make-up, dress in girlish clothes and talks softly. The contrast is well depicted throughout the film, the audiences are closely drawn to the emotion of Toom, and feel what Toom actually feel. Music is cleverly used to steer the mood. In addition, lighting matches well to show the ups and downs of the character's sentiment. For example, when Toom was in the ring, he feels proud and the whole scene is brightly lit up.The film is recommended to anyone except kids, since they may be too young to understand the complicated struggles and tension. All in all, the story is encouraging and reminds people to stay strong even difficulties are waiting ahead. Everyone should try their best to live the life they want.

I saw this movie with Italian subtitles, I understand it by way of my intermediate French, still I was impressed to tears. Beautiful MOVIE.I, personally don't share that much with the boxer, but now that his feelings were so delicately depicted and demonstrated, I fully understood it. It is not only about the people having untraditional orientation or tendencies, it is rather about inner confusion, discrepancy between a "true ones" and "the ones" societies push people to be. It may be the case with everyone, such as a lawyer, who was made to be a lawyer and now despises law firm office and unhappy and the like. DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM MAKING THIS MOVIE. Strongly advise to watch this beautiful oeuvre.