LFF Review: Paddy Considine's 'Journeyman' is an Emotional Journey

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This is not a boxing film. Though it is about a boxer, and involves a major boxing match, it is not a boxing film. Journeyman, the latest feature written and directed by English actor Paddy Considine, is actually a heartwrenching drama about the struggle of those with mental disabilities. Considine plays every role – he writes, directs, and stars in this film as Matty Burton, a famed boxer who decides to go for one last match with a wise-mouth up-and-comer. This film is really not about how the match turns out, that doesn’t really even matter, and while we do get to watch the match, it is what comes after that matters. That’s what this film is actually about, and it is an impressive, emotional journey through one man’s struggle to stay himself. ›››

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