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Warrior
He couldn't say 'I love you' to his brother, so he said it in the cage. Some men can only let the anger out before the love gets in. 🥊
Who it's for
Warrior shows how a father's past drinking and abuse split a whole family: Tommy left with their mother and nursed her while she was dying, Brendan stayed, and both sons carry the fallout into adulthood.
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What it is
Gavin O'Connor's 2011 drama follows Tommy, a former U.S. Marine, who returns to Pittsburgh to his estranged father Paddy, now in recovery, whose past drinking and abuse drove Tommy and his mother away years earlier, and moves into his father's home to train, making clear it is not a reconciliation.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Intense fight violence and alcoholism.
Age: PG-13
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Children”
