Cinderella Man is the best movie for male role models.

• No intelligence or wisdom element, the description states nothing about a male role model movie needing to encourage wisdom.
  
• No brutal/blunt honesty aspect, only 'honour' indirectly hints at it in severe moments.
  
• No aspect of being loyal to one's wife or needing infidelity and such covered but again maybe this somehow comes under 'honour'.
  
• No need for severe self control or caution so long as one is relatively responsible.
  

Michael Newman is an architect who is consistently bullied by his overbearing boss, John Ammer, and often chooses work over his wife Donna and his two children, Ben and Samantha. One night, Michael visits the retail store Bed Bath & Beyond to buy a universal remote control. He stumbles around the various departments before falling asleep. Upon waking, he accepts a free remote control from a man named Morty, who warns him that it can never be returned.

Michael learns that the remote can be used to control reality much like a television. He uses it to his advantage at work, to cause light-hearted mischief, and to fast-forward past illnesses. Morty tells Michael that during these times, his body is on "auto-pilot", going through his motions of everyday life while his mind skips ahead.

Thinking that Ammer has promoted him to a partnership, Michael buys bicycles for his children and a purse for Donna. However, Ammer tells him that he has not yet been promoted and thus cannot afford the gifts and has to return them. Angry that he upset his family, Michael uses the remote to skip ahead to his promotion, thus missing a year of his life. During this time, he and Donna have entered marriage counseling, his children have matured, and the family dog has died. The remote, having learned his preferences, starts time-skipping automatically. Each time Michael attempts to discard or destroy the remote, it reappears, and Morty refuses to take it back.

At work, Ammer tells Michael he plans on retiring, which would make Michael the new head of the International Division and that in time, Michael could be promoted to CEO. This causes the remote to instantly fast-forward ten years into the future, where Michael is extremely wealthy, but morbidly obese and lives alone in a luxury apartment. He returns home to discover that Ben, now overweight like himself, and Samantha have both become moody teenagers, and that Donna has divorced him and remarried to Bill, Ben's former childhood swim coach. When he argues with them, the new family dog jumps on Michael and knocks him into a coma. The remote time-skips six years to when Michael wakes, no longer obese as a result of having undergone liposuction to save his life as a part of his cancer treatment and subsequent heart attack. A full-grown Ben is now a partner at the firm and is also slim having exercised with Bill.

Michael learns that his father, Ted, has died of old age. Morty reappears as Michael mourns him. Michael uses the remote to see when he last saw Ted, when Michael coldly rebuffed Ted's offer to take him and Ben out to dinner. At Ted's grave, Morty appears and reveals to Michael that he is the Angel of Death. Overcome with guilt and shame, Michael asks to go to a "good place", whereupon the remote fast-forwards him several more years in the future to Ben's wedding. He overhears Samantha refer to Bill as Dad, triggering a second heart attack. He wakes in the hospital that night to find his family there, including Ben, who reveals that he skipped his honeymoon to help fix issues with the firm, before a nurse sends Ben and Samantha away. Fearing that Ben will make the same mistakes he did, Michael gathers the last of his strength to follow him and Samantha out of the hospital, but he collapses and subsequently dies, but not before telling Ben to put his wife before work, and assures his family that he still loves them.

Michael reawakens in Bed Bath & Beyond and finds that he was dreaming but sees it as a sign that he needs to make changes in his life. He embraces his family and promises to spend more time with them. He finds the remote on the counter along with a note from Morty, who reveals he has given him a second chance because "Good guys need a break." Michael throws the remote in the trash and, much to his delight, it does not reappear. He then joins his family in a pillow fight.

Strength, honor, integrity, assertiveness, leadership, bravery, and responsibility.

• Strength and leadership hybrid lesson ~ He avoids ever being strong and is cucked both as a husband and father by his former swim coach. This movie involves a man skipping years ahead, fastfowarding and rewinding his life. What he does is fastforward entire years and even decades where he has to endure hardship to get to the 'rewards'. However, since who he was during the autopilot years was a minimalistic, lazy guy putting minimum effort in and not being strong or a good leader. A coach is a figure that represents leadership and strength, one who encouraged his former student even in his old age having won his wife over, to be stronger and a better man+leader. The scenes are hard to show due to copyright issues.
  

A movie can teach you and guide you to be a fantastic male role model without actually showing all the positive aspects the whole movie. What I mean is Click step by step shows how the main character lacks those traits and uses the magic remote to avoid them and brutally, bitterly leads to him regretting it in old age.

I will be pasting a synopsis for your and my own ease and to certainly assist those who haven't watched the movie.

• Here is the pivoting moment that proves to be the catalyst for James's downward spiral.: Cinderella Man: Jim's licence gets revoked (HD CLIP) - YouTube This is when James officially hits rock-bottom.
  

1. Pro's movie (PM) is too typical and mimicking others, it doesn't quite cut as uniquely good or the 'best' specifically because near replicas exist. Click (C, I do not use CM to avoid it being confused with cindarella man) really sits in the memory of men that watch it.
   
2. PM involves hints at a lot of toxic masculinity on top of the supposed 'good traits' and isn't clear on how precisely one should act on them.
   
3. PM shows a guy, a man, a person and men should not aim to mimic men but to be their own person, to be their own masculine path-creating instead of path-following beastly manly spirit. C enables this far more by focusing on what to avoid and gently hinting at the pointers of what to be instead, letting you fit that into your own life how you see fit rather than have footsteps to fill that may not at all fit what you as a man are.
   
4. PM too literally interprets the resolution, if you follow the actual movie instead of cherrypicking scenes, it's not that good at hinting at you how to become a male role model.
   

Encoding

The first step to creating a memory is called encoding: It's when you notice an event or come across a piece of information and your brain consciously perceives the sounds, images, physical feeling, or other sensory details involved.

Let's take, for example, your first trip to Las Vegas. Your memory of that event is formed by your visual system (noticing extravagantly designed buildings and lush landscaping, for example), your auditory system (the ringing of the slot machines), and perhaps smell (the distinctive scents pumped into each casino).

Research suggests we remember things better and retain them longer when we associate meaning to them using semantic encoding

If you attach meaning or factual knowledge to any of this sensory input, that's called semantic encoding. For example, if you associate the Bellagio Resort and Casino in Vegas with its location on a map or the fact that the dancing fountain show takes place every 30 minutes, you're encoding the Bellagio with semantic memory.

This is good to know because research suggests we remember things better and retain them longer when we associate meaning to them using semantic encoding.

Storage

All of these little bits and pieces of information are then stored in different areas of your brain. Your neurons (the nerve cells in your brain) pass signals to each other about what you perceived, effectively "talking" with each other and building either temporary or long-lasting connections. It's that neural activity and the strength of those connections that make a memory, neuroscientists believe.

The network of neurons in our brains are the key to storing and retrieving memories

There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. Short-term or working memory is like your brain's scratchpad. It's when your brain temporarily stores information before either dismissing it or transferring it to long-term memory—for example, remembering what you want to order for lunch before calling the takeout place. Once your food is delivered and eaten, your brain can let go of that info. Long-term memories are those memories you hold on to for a few days or many years--things like how to ride a bike or the first dinner you had with the first person you fell in love with.

Both kinds of memories can weaken with age because the brain loses cells critical to those connections between neurons over time--but that's not inevitable. As with muscle strength, you can exercise your brain; with memory, it's "use it or lose it."

Recall

And finally, to retrieve a memory, your brain "replays" or revisits the nerve pathways created when the memory was formed. Repeatedly recalling information helps strengthen those connections and your memories, which is why techniques like reviewing your notes or using flashcards help you retain information.

However, when you remember something, it's not an exact reproduction of the first time you experienced an event or came across a fact, because your own awareness of the current situation gets mixed in with the memory. As The Human Memory explains:

Memories are not frozen in time, and new information and suggestions may become incorporated into old memories over time. Thus, remembering can be thought of as an act of creative reimagination.

That's also why people can have false memories, or their memories of events might change over time.

Now that we know some of how memory works, we can use that understanding to improve our memory. We'll start with the lifestyle changes we can make, since they can improve more than just our memory, and then go over specific memorization techniques.

toxic masculinity on top of the supposed 'good traits' and isn't clear on how precisely one should act on them.

PM too literally interprets the resolution

1. PM too literally interprets the resolution, if you follow the actual movie instead of cherrypicking scenes, it's not that good at hinting at you how to become a male role model.
   

“Cis an extremely emotional movie, concede by my own opponent. It makes you see that the more that the main character tries to escape and cower away from his responsibilities in life, the sadder and more pathetic he becomes even in his own eyes (as well as the audience's). This builds in a snowball manner throughout the movie, with almost every single aspect of the description's list of manhood traits made clear that the main character was wrong to use the remote to avoid needing and displaying.”

“Again, you don't often get into boxing situations in life unless you are such a person in such a profession. Even if you do, Rocky is going to come to mind before PM.”

PM basically makes you think that violence is integral to manhood. It also makes clear that the proof he is succeeding at becoming a better man are either specifically getting a woman to love and have sex with him as well as winning a fight. C explores much more about family bonds and the spouse/ex-wife is only one of many relationships explored. In fact it also explores being both a son and a father and how the main character lacks in that.

“You can't become the best male role model version of yourself by trying to mimic one dude from some movie about a boxer. That isn't how things work in life. C is way more relatable for the average guy. The way it carefully works through so many elements of being a man and how not to be is the very way it lets you flexibly use that moral lesson and go 'okay sure I'll avoid being weak, irresponsible, dishonorable and a shirker of duties' etc. It basically lets you apply what not to be and to avoid being to your life so that you get truly pushed in the right direction instead of pulled into fitting footsteps you shouldn't want to fit, since you should want to be your own person.”

“Pro literally took a scene and said 'this shows this trait', that isn't how people learn things. You don't watch some fictional movie and go OMG the main character did this I so totally need to copy that in my own life now! You also don't tend to understand the abstract moral lesson that easily either by memorising scenes. Instead, C lets a very broad yet clear lesson sink in; don't be weak, cowardly and neglectful to those close to you. It also shows the difference between being just a workaholic that provides money for his family and being a guy who also provides masculine presence and emotional diligence, leading by regular contact and example for his children.”

What Is Toxic Masculinity?

Toxic masculinity isn’t just about behaving like a man. Instead, it involves the extreme pressure some men may feel to act in a way that is actually harmful.

There are many definitions of “toxic masculinity” that appear in research as well as pop culture. Some researchers have come to agree that toxic masculinity has three core components:

1. Toughness: This is the notion that men should be physically strong, emotionally callous, and behaviorally aggressive.
   
2. Antifeminity: This involves the idea that men should reject anything that is considered to be feminine, such as showing emotion or accepting help.
   
3. Power: This is the assumption that men must work toward obtaining power and status (social and financial) so they can gain the respect of others.1
   

Glorification of Unhealthy Habits 

Toxic masculinity glorifies unhealthy habits. It’s the notion that “self-care is for women” and men should treat their bodies like machines by skimping on sleep, working out even when they’re injured, and pushing themselves to their physical limits. 

In addition to pushing themselves hard physically, toxic masculinity discourages men from seeing doctors. 

A 2011 study found that men who held the strongest beliefs about masculinity were only half as likely as men with more moderate beliefs about masculinity to get preventative health care.2 Seeing a physician for an annual physical, for example, runs contrary to some men’s beliefs about toughness.

In addition to avoiding preventative treatment, toxic masculinity also encourages unhealthy behaviors.

A 2007 study found that the more men conformed to masculine norms, the more likely they were to engage in risky behaviors, such as heavy drinking, using tobacco, and avoiding vegetables. In addition, they were more likely to view such risky choices as being “normal.”3

Mental Health Stigma

Toxic masculinity also discourages men from getting mental health treatment. Depression, anxiety, substance use issues, and mental health problems may be viewed as weaknesses.

A 2015 study found that men who bought into traditional notions of masculinity held more of a negative attitude about seeking mental health services compared to those with more flexible gender attitudes.4

Toxic masculinity may also stress that it’s inappropriate for men to talk about their feelings. Avoiding conversations about problems or emotions may increase feelings of isolation and loneliness. 

It may also reduce men’s willingness to reach out and get help when they’re experiencing a mental health issue.

James J. Braddock is an Irish-American boxer from New Jersey, formerly a light heavyweight contender, who is forced to give up boxing after breaking his hand in the ring. This is both a relief and a burden to his wife, Mae. She cannot bring herself to watch the violence of his chosen profession, yet she knows they will not have enough income without his boxing.
As the United States enters the Great Depression, Braddock does manual labor as a longshoreman to support his family, even with his injured hand. Unfortunately, he cannot get work every day. Thanks to a last-minute cancellation by another boxer, Braddock's longtime manager and friend, Joe Gould, offers him a chance to fill in for just one night and earn cash. The fight is against the number-two contender in the world, Corn Griffin.

Braddock stuns the boxing experts and fans with a third-round knockout of his formidable opponent. He believes that while his right hand was broken, he became more proficient with his left hand, improving his in-ring ability. Despite Mae's objections, Braddock takes up Gould's offer to return to the ring. Mae resents this attempt by Gould to profit from her husband's dangerous livelihood, until she discovers that Gould and his wife also have been devastated by hard times.

With a shot at the heavyweight championship held by Max Baer a possibility, Braddock continues to win. Out of a sense of pride, he uses a portion of his prize money to pay back money to the government given to him while unemployed. When his rags to riches story gets out, the sportswriter Damon Runyon dubs him "The Cinderella Man", and before long Braddock comes to represent the hopes and aspirations of the American public struggling with the Depression.

After wins against John Henry Lewis and Art Lasky, a title fight against Baer comes his way. Braddock is a 10-to-1 underdog. Baer is so destructive that the fight's promoter, James Johnston, forces both Braddock and Gould to watch a film of Baer in action, just so he can maintain later that he warned them what Braddock was up against.
Braddock demonstrates no fear. The arrogant Baer attempts to intimidate him, even taunting Mae in public that her man might not survive. When he says this, she becomes so angry that she throws a drink at him. She is unable to attend the fight at the Madison Square Garden Bowl or even to listen to it on the radio.

On June 13, 1935, in one of the greatest upsets in boxing history, Braddock defeats the seemingly invincible Baer to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
An epilogue reveals that Braddock would lose his title to Joe Louis and later worked on the building of the Verrazano Bridge, owning and operating heavy machinery on the docks where he worked during the Depression, and that he and Mae used his boxing income to buy a house, where they spent the rest of their lives.

Despite Mae's objections, Braddock takes up Gould's offer to return to the ring. Mae resents this attempt by Gould to profit from her husband's dangerous livelihood, until she discovers that Gould and his wife also have been devastated by hard times.

• Showed that Jimmy Braddock (Cinderella Man) embodies all of the 7 traits. 
  
• Proved that Cinderella Man is a motivational-success story, argument remains uncontested. 
  
• Stated that Cinderella Man is more inspiring than Click. 
  
• Proved that Cinderella Man is a real story, so it is unlike Rocky in anyway. This argument is dropped by Con. 
  
• Showed that the main character of Click is an example of someone you don’t want to be. 

Toxic Masculinity

Cindarella man is a movie that involves a lot of violence and success at said violence is equalled to being a better man and character both in terms of storyline and literal events.

While the 'toxic masculine' man that's more toxic ends up losing the end fight, it is important we see that Braddock is just a lesser brand of similar toxic masculinity. Beating someone up is somehow linked to his worth and for us to cheer for. This is fine, it's consensual and in a ring but what message in the sense of 'male role model' does that send? You aren't always going to win in life and what this movie completely fails to teach is how to lose and improve anyway, Click teaches that.

Cindarella Man teaches that the solution to problems is to beat someone up and to 'win'. Notice how no part of that synopsis says he reassures his wife, it says she stayed scared, sad and faithless in her man and unable to watch the fight. That means his solution was just to win and use the money to improve their life but that is such a superficial solution, ironically that is similar to what the Click character would try to do but just would 'fast forward' the fight and training before it.

• This was common at this time. This was no different than wives worrying about their husband going to war. Jimmy has served in the military, so add that onto my point. 
  
• Jimmy has to fight Max so that his kids can grow up healthy and don’t starve. 
  
• The boxing is symbolic for fighting against problems and overcoming them.
  

The entire movie is glorifying ignoring your wife's advice and feelings on matters, whereas Click teaches him he should truly have listened more and cared more.

1. Where Click is so different to other movies and memorable, Cinderella Man is just another Rocky or generic manly-instead-of-womanly romance movie if we ignore the boxing. It doesn't really hit you hard and alter you to want to be a male role model how Click does.
   
2. Where Click teaches you to be empathatic, to care for your family and spouse as well as take responsibility as a man, Cinderella Man teaches you to ignore what your gf/wife wants and says and just get out there, beat people up and earn money that way. While both are different sides of being a man, only one of these 2 is explicitly linked to being a male role model no matter how you interpret it.
   
3. Click teaches you to endure the bad things in life, Cinderella Man is vague on this and seems to just suggest fighting as a solution if anything (toxic masculinity, similar to point 2).