The Featherweight (2023) First Look 2024

James Madio give a performance of a life time as boxing champ Willie Pep. Set after Pep retired and was preparing for a comeback in the mid 1960's, the film takes the form of a documentary that is being shot about his return to the ring.

Looking and feeling like a documentary from the time THE FEATHERWEIGHT is a film you fall into. If you have watched any documentaries from the same period of time I think you are going to find yourself thinking that most of this actually a doc. For me the spell was only broken when Stephen Lang was on screen. While Lang was his usual excellent self, his famous face dispelled the illusion of this being real.

THE FEATHERWEIGHT is a truly great film. It's a wonderful look not only at one man, but also into the world he inhabited. I'm not talking just the world of boxing, but hiw private life as well.

This is one of the must sees at this year's First Look Festival.