Injecting earnest drama and profundity into the tried-and-true sports movie formula, directors Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton have crafted a gratifying yarn packed with contagious enthusiasm.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 16, 2024

Andrea Riseborough is great as Billie Jean’s first girlfriend and Austin Stowall and Elisabeth Shue turn in fine performances as their conflicted spouses.

| Dec 14, 2022

Fortunately, the film never becomes a hype machine or gets caught up in the bizarre media circus around the central match. The concentration remains on the players and the emotional stakes, as well as what King's victory represents.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 17, 2022

A fitting tribute to one of the biggest female sports stars of the twentieth century.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 2, 2021

The entire time I couldn't help but wish I were watching a Billie Jean King biopic instead.

| Jul 21, 2021

With pleasing the crowds you've sometimes got to sand the edges for mass consumption...

| Jul 2, 2021

With a pair of stellar performances and strong direction from Johnathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Battle of the Sexes is an absolute crowd pleasing success.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 8, 2021

Though 'Battle' wishes to engage a past story with a present struggle, it ultimately comes off like a strung-together series of on the nose moments in a movie full of on the nose dialogue and knowingly looks.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 22, 2021

As a portrait of women's rights and the sexual revolution of the 1970s Battle of the Sexes covers a lot of ground but does so in an entertaining although slightly overlong way.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 1, 2021

A crowd-pleaser thanks to the dynamic performances by Emma Stone and Steve Carell...

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 5, 2020

[I]t never replicates the agency or daringness of its protagonist, refusing its multiple opportunities for more effective drama or satire regarding institutionalized misogyny.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 23, 2020

Although Battle of the Sexes takes place in 1973, its themes feel unfortunately modern.

| Original Score: B | Jul 12, 2020

A shame that it doesn't really get to grips with the motivations of the characters or gives enough context about the feminist movement of the time. Ultimately; great performances, shame about the script. Worth it for Andrea Riseborough alone.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 12, 2020

Battle of the Sexes is a glorious live-action cartoon of a movie that should score both at the box office and awards season.

| Jun 4, 2020

Unspooled in a straight-forward biography style by Dayton and Faris, Battle of the Sexes is an easy watch that provides a smattering of insight and a transportive amount of love for the decade.

| May 13, 2020

I found it way too slow.

| May 13, 2020

I found this movie to be completely blah.

| May 13, 2020

For a story that's just as depressingly relevant in 2017*** as it was in 1973, this film should be a lot more than simply pleasant.

| Feb 19, 2020

The film is effortless in its mainstream appeal however as it tackles a worthy subject without beating it over the head of its audience.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 15, 2020

Adding balance are the finely nuanced performances of both Emma Stone as King and Steve Carell as Riggs.

| Jan 23, 2020