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''Shadowboxer'' is a 2005 crime thriller film starring Creator/CubaGoodingJr., Creator/HelenMirren, and Creator/MoNique. It was the directorial debut of Creator/LeeDaniels, who by then had already served as a producer for ''Film/MonstersBall'', and went on to direct ''Film/{{Precious}}''.


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!!Tropes:

* BackAlleyDoctor: The credentials, however dubious, are there; still, he never asks questions, and all his patients seem to belong to the wrong side of the law.
%%* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: The doctor (white) and Precious (black)
* BookEnds: The movie opens and ends with a child learning to use a gun for the first time.
* TheCameo: Macy Gray is onscreen for just a few minutes.
* DyeOrDie: Played with. Rose cuts Vickie's hair so that it will fit under a blonde wig. After a few years have passed, Vickie's hair has grown back and she's not wearing the wig anymore.
%%* EvenEvilHasStandards:
%%* {{Fingore}}
%%* GreyAndGrayMorality: Played with.
* ImprobableInfantSurvival: The reason Mikey [[spoiler: ended up being raised by Rose]].
** Vanessa Ferlito's character is [[spoiler: heavily pregnant]] when her [[spoiler: would-be killers meet her. They spare her. And the person who wanted her dead? The baby's father.]]
* MaleFrontalNudity: Clayton when distracted by voices in the next room.
%%* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Mikey to Rose]].
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: A justified example. Helen Mirren's "American accent" slips up but her character mentions "when I came to this country" implying that she is probably English and her natural accent has simply faded.
* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler: Mikey and his stepmother Rose]].
%%* ProfessionalKiller: Mikey and Rose.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Scrawny Joseph Gordon Levitt with portly Mo'nique.
%%* TitleDrop
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Mikey has two love interests over the course of the movie, both white women. [[spoiler: Rose then later Vickie]].
* WigDressAccent: Mikey dresses up as a call girl for a job. Also Vickie wears a wig for years to hide her identity.
* WomanScorned: [[spoiler: Precious spills the beans on Vickie's whereabouts when the doctor cheats on her]].