  Cinderella Man  Genre: Drama Rated: PG-13 Directed by: RON
HOWARD Released by: Universal Pictures  In Short: Ron Howard’s
moving tale of the exemplary life of boxer James J. Braddock
(a.k.a. the "Cinderella Man") is sober and balanced—a certain
Oscar contender.  Balanced and Unsentimental Ron Howard Proves
that Good Feelings Can Make for a Good Movie by André Gayot
Making a good movie filled to the brim with good feelings is
pretty much like trying to square a circle: mission almost
impossible. But Ron Howard pulls it off with "Cinderella Man."
There’s a high risk for a director to churn out a weepie when
such a heartening story is told, depicting starving kids, a
selfless mom and a heroic dad; a story where courage, tenacity
and honesty prevail in a world where all values have gone awry.
Although the title is evocative of a holiday season Disney
release for kids, this is not the case with "Cinderella Man."
The film succeeds in being moving without overplaying the
sensitive cords, because Howard’s narrati