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Battle of the Sexes

2017, comedy, drama, history

121 minutes

The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.

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7.1

based on 19 critics

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2017-09-17

Battle of the Sexes is one of the most important sports drama ever made. Read more

9.2

2017-12-06

An astoundingly acted and timely look at issues surrounding both this historic tennis clash and our modern times. Read more

9.0

2017-12-18

A delight... Read more

8.3

David Whitley of DoubleFeaturePreachers

2017-09-27

Wonderfully acted, but a bit overlong, this film will be a crowd pleaser despite its heavy symbolism in today’s world.

8.0

2017-09-25

Both an entertaining and an insightful portrait of an unfinished war. Read more

8.0

2017-09-21

Quite the dramedy, showing the reverberations of pressure, passion, and responsibility placed on King’s stalwart shoulders. Read more

7.0

Konstantinos Pappis of FilmView

2017-11-25

Certainly succeeds in telling the fascinating true story of the tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs...

7.0

Rob Wallis of Of All The Film Sites

2017-10-08

The tennis and drama on display are both exemplary.

7.0

2017-09-29

Thrives as a crowd-pleasing sports story with charm to spare, even as it sugarcoats the real-life events that inspired it. Read more

7.0

2017-09-28

Wins by serving up both a crowd-pleasing spectacle and the human drama than ultimately made it so much more. Read more

6.7

2017-10-01

As much as the pieces—mainly the lead performances—make for a film that paces adequately given its clunky construction... Read more

6.0

2017-11-20

An entertaining film which gives spotlight to an inspiring woman and her passion for equality... Read more

6.0

2017-09-28

While none of the film’s subplots are boring, they do leave the audience wandering around without sufficient direction. Read more

6.0

Shannon Schultz of DoubleFeaturePreachers

2017-09-26

A well made and acted film.

4.0

2017-12-10

Very much a paint-by-numbers movie in terms of its scope and its structure. Read more

4.0

2017-11-24

There's far more interesting stuff going on in the background and on the periphery of this film... Read more

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8.0

2018-04-05

Een sterke film over een van de meest legendarische sportevenementen die ooit heeft plaatsgevonden. Read more

7.0

Paul Hauer of Filmliefhebber

2017-11-25

Een prima potje film kijken zit er zeker in met deze film.

6.0

2017-11-07

Heeft misschien een mooi momentum, wij stoorden ons aan de historische realiteit van de film. Read more

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