Battle of
the Sexes is a well-made, compelling film telling the true story of the 1973
tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial
hustler Bobby Riggs. Emma Stone is
mostly great here and Steve Carell gives his best performance, stealing the
entire film. Sara Silverman who I’m not
normally a fan of I found really entertaining here. However, Andrea Riseborough whose work I’ve
enjoyed in the past is straight up awful in this movie. She plays the lover of Stone’s character and
their relationship 100% falls flat. I
understand their relationship is a critical part of Stone’s story but it was so
poorly written and acted during those scenes it kept taking me out of the
movie. The best aspect of this movie is
by far the set and costume design. It
accurately displayed the 70’s more than any movie I’ve seen in a long
time. Another positive is this movie was
much funnier than I ever would’ve expected with several moments that had me
laughing quite hard. Overall Battle of
the Sexes is a really good movie that could’ve been great but is held back due
to the poorly written relationship between Stone and Riseborough’s characters.
7.5/10
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