Shadowboxer is a 2005 film starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Helen Mirren and Mo'Nique. It was the debut of Lee Daniels, who by then had already served as a producer for Monsters Ball, and went on to direct Precious.
- Back-Alley Doctor: 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.
- Big Beautiful Woman: Precious.
- The Cameo: Macy Gray is onscreen for just a few minutes.
- Even Evil Has Standards:
- Fingore
- Grey and Gray Morality: Played with.
- Infant Immortality: The reason Mikey ended up being raised by Rose.
- Vanessa Ferlito's character is heavily pregnant when her would-be killers meet her. They spare her. And the person who wanted her dead? The baby's father.
- Male Frontal Nudity: Clayton when distracted by voices in the next room.
- Parental Incest: Mikey and his stepmother Rose.
- Professional Killer: Mikey and Rose.
- Title Drop