* AngstAversion: The film was severely disliked by some women viewers due to [[spoiler:Maggie's paralysis and death]], as the film's pre-release publicity gave no hint of the tragic ending and made it look like an inspiring women's sport movie.
* EndingFatigue: The time duration from [[spoiler:Maggie’s paralysis]] to the end credits is 40 minutes. Some critics complain that roughly half of the time could be removed and the film would have gone under the 2 hour mark (it's 2 hours and 12 minutes long).
* ItWasHisSled: [[spoiler:Maggie is rendered a quadriplegic from a boxing match and has Frankie put an end to her life by request.]]
* MemeticMutation: ''Series/XPlay'' made a running gag out of "the Stool of [[spoiler:Paraplegia]]" (though they got a detail wrong, as it should be the "Stool of [[spoiler:Quadraplegia]]").
* MoralEventHorizon:
** Maggie's family crosses it [[spoiler: when coming to visit her in the nursing home... after spending a week at Universal Studios and [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyland]], with the ulterior motive of wanting her to sign her money over to them. Maggie earns a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome by rejecting them and forcing them to leave without a cent.]]
** Billie the Blue Bear crosses it [[spoiler: by being the one who disables Maggie.]]
* RetroactiveRecognition: Apart from Creator/JayBaruchel as Danger Barch, there's also Creator/AnthonyMackie ([[Characters/CaptainAmericaHeroes The Falcon]] in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse) as Shawrelle Berry.
%%* TheWoobie:
%%** Maggie. Oh, dear God.
%%** Also goes for poor ol' [[Creator/JayBaruchel Danger Barch]]; all he wanted to do was become a prize fighter...
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