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- 2017
- PG-13
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- 2 h 1 m
- 2017
- PG-13
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- 2 h 1 m
Summary The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) was billed as The Battle of the Sexes and became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time. The match caught the zeitgeist and sparked a global conversation on gender equal...
Directed By: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Written By: Simon Beaufoy
- 2017
- PG-13
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- 2 h 1 m
- 2017
- PG-13
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- 2 h 1 m
Battle of the Sexes
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Summary The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) was billed as The Battle of the Sexes and became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time. The match caught the zeitgeist and sparked a global conversation on gender equal...
Directed By: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Written By: Simon Beaufoy
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 46 Critic Reviews
73
83% Positive
38 Reviews
38 Reviews
17% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 46 Critic Reviews
73
83% Positive
38 Reviews
38 Reviews
17% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Sep 21, 2017
All this is dramatized expertly and with a lightness of touch in Simon Beaufoy’s screenplay and in the direction of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, the team behind “Little Miss Sunshine.”
Sep 21, 2017
The symbolic power of what happened there — one small step, one giant leap for womankind — is still the movie’s truest ace.
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 159 User Ratings
6.3
62% Positive
98 Ratings
98 Ratings
25% Mixed
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
13% Negative
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 159 User Ratings
6.3
62% Positive
98 Ratings
98 Ratings
25% Mixed
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
13% Negative
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
Sep 18, 2017
A film based on a true story should have three things — strong characters, fierce conflict and a fresh angle. Battle of the Sexes serves up all of them.
Sep 21, 2017
If Battle of the Sexes is more than a little slight in places, it more than makes up for its shortcomings through sheer entertainment value.
Sep 22, 2017
Battle of the Sexes projects a breezy confidence—the movie’s a little too smooth and polished, eschewing the grit of real life—but Stone conveys her character’s growing anxieties with such care that King emerges as an immensely empathetic, resilient figure.
Sep 28, 2017
In addition to being a fast-starting and smartly cast sports drama built around picture-perfect period flourishes, it's also a movie with an undeniably timely message to deliver.
Sep 12, 2017
Battle of the Sexes sacrifices some of its innate appeal by making ham out of the supposed relics of a less enlightened era.
Oct 17, 2018
I loved how the movie was able to give you the feeling that you where in the 70's. It had that vibe and everything was just on spot. The actors did such a great job on playing their characters I felt them so alive. And really felt every single characters impact on the story. And was very powerful and emotional at the same time. The directing style and cinematography was perfect as well, it had that weight of immersion to it. The script was done great, never felt like the dialog was cheesy, cliche or even repetitive. The whole movie just became more entertaining because of the writing. Also the VFX and SFX where just on spot. Even better, they where great. The humor and the making fun scenes where great as well, they managed to be funny and entertaining without cursing. No pacing issue, the whole movie moved it's action and unfolded the events as it should be in every movie. They didn't spend to much time with anything, but neither did they spend very little. The plot is pretty simple and follows Billie Jean King's perspective, but because it's simple it's delivered in such an fashionable way that everything feels so real and spiking interest in the watchers. The life lesson is certainly there in the conclusion, but it depends on us the audience to decide what we hear. The movie had a great scope, and I think it touched on that. Overall this is an amazing movie, and I think this is how every movie should be at least, and then we would have only great movie. But that bar of average would be to high!
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Dec 28, 2017
Considering what I thought it would deliver, without a doubt, Battle of the Sexes turned out to be one of the biggest disappointments I've had this year, not only it's pretty boring during its first hour because absolutely nothing of relevance happens, but especially because what it had to be the film's strength becomes only its punchline and most of the film is inclined to be a romantic story and that isn't something necessarily negative but at first the film annouced one thing and ended up going into a different direction, and that was incredibly disappointing. Emma Stone is too restrained and it's a shame because she could have gone further with the character, while Steve Carrell seems to be in automatic mode of being the **** who thinks he's funny when it's merely obnoxious, what a waste. Only Sara Silverman and Andrea Riseborough are the ones who seem to be acting naturally and comfortably. I wouldn't say people should avoid it, they may find something more interesting in it, but for what I expected, Battle of the Sexes is nothing more than an anecdotal recreation of a real life event.
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Oct 10, 2017
"Little Miss Sunshine" co-directors Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton blast us back to the past with "Battle Of The Sexes," a period drama that coasts smoothly on the backs of its two, incredible lead performances, but also falters in trying to spread itself a bit too thin narratively, thematically, and in terms of perspective. Its heart is most definitely in the right place though, and even with its overly serious take on everything involved with the 1973 match in question, its the earnestness of it all that ultimately makes it all watchable in the end.
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Mar 1, 2018
Very disappointed with this movie. The movie was full of great actors, but none delivered except for Carrell. If the directors decided to spend more time on character and plot than on awkward sexual encounters this movie would be more deserving of its positive reviews.
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Dec 10, 2018
J'ai rien contre la parité, ni le féminisme que ce soit dans le tennis ou ailleurs, je vous assure. Et Billie a bien raison de remettre à sa place ce vieux macho bourré de pillules (le dopage, c'est mal). Même que si Billie veut tondre la pelouse, je n'y vois pas d'inconvénient. M'enfin... sauf si j'étais son mari bien sûr parce je serais énervé, un petit peu quand même... M'enfin cela dit, Emma Stone, j'ai du mal avec ses yeux de poisson frit et son talent sans talent et j'ai du mal à garder les yeux ouverts dans cette comédie à la fois féministe et LGGTBLGTBGTLTG et tout ça... Un agenda SJW à respecter, pourquoi pas, on commence à en avoir l'habitude mais faites de préférence un film, pas un somnifère nunuche et concon. Putain, qu'est-ce que c'était chiant cette battle ! ça ressemble à un long article de Elle ou Biba ou Comopolitan sous perfusion de sédatif avec la guimauve syndicale qui s'auto-congratule en boucle.
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Production Company
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- TSG Entertainment
- Decibel Films
- Cloud Eight Films
- Ingenious Media
- Manigot Productions
Release Date Sep 22, 2017
Duration 2 h 1 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline He made a bet. She made history.
Website www.battleofthesexes-movie.com
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Hawaii Film Critics Society
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
