Cinderella Man

Cinderella Man

During the great depression around 15 million people were unemployed almost a quarter of the United States population. Several thousand people lived in little places called hoovervilles which were camps pretty much set up in a park or on the street in groups. This happened because people weren't making enough money to stay in an apartment or house they would barley have enough money to eat. In Jersey alone 600,000 people applied for the government relief. This was to help them just get food. Very many people died from having to live on the street not being able to afford anything. In Cinderella Man It showed this very well.

In Cinderella Man it was very accurate about the depression on how a lot of people struggled for work. It showed how only a few men were picked for work out of a bunch of people. It showed Hoovervilles accurately and it also had the government relief fund in there that was very accurate too. It showed Braddock's character really accurately when Mae sent the kids away and he was super angry and disappointed that she didn't consult him with it. The fights were accurately depicted in chronological order as well. On the official website of James Braddock, a list of his fight record is displayed, including the dates, locations, and outcomes of every fight of his professional career. The movie was inaccurate though when he fought Max Baer he was really not a ruthless fighter like they showed him in the movie.

People couldn't afford heat or food and they showed that in the movie. People did become drunks because they hated their life because they felt like failures to their families and the movie also showed that. This movie seemed to be really accurate for the time period it was based on because most of the things they showed really happened. There were only a few things that happened in the movie that didn't really happen in the real 1930s. For example Braddock didn't go beg for money from the boxing commission his friend did because Braddock was losing everything. When his wife shipped away his kids he really did start trying a lot harder because he didn't want that to happen what so ever. He loved his kids in the movie and in real life. Yet his first born child was born in 1930 so the movie was a little inaccurate with the kids and their ages. Then the docks were accurate with a bunch of people trying to work and only a few people were picked because even the businesses were struggling with hiring a few people.

This movie for sure gets a thumbs up because it was exciting and it showed how the great depression really was. When Braddock boxed it was really exciting to see someone who pretty much hit rock bottom be able to get things back and was able to take care of his family again. He just was a no one that came back because he knocked out the person who was supposed to be fighting in the heavy