Gabriel's reviews

"Regalla?s soulful performance is the main reason to watch. And director Nuno Bernardo deserves credit for keeping the stakes low ? the boxing match at the end of the film is not a title fight; just neighbourhood guys betting a few euros on kids who?ll only ever be famous in their own postcode. Still, the film?s shuffling of boxing cliches is hard to get past ? and none of the performances from the bad guys feels remotely threatening, though the script doesn?t shy away from the everyday racism Gabriel faces on the streets."