Battle of the Sexes (2017)

Directed by

Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

Genre

drama film, biographical film, comedy drama, LGBTQ-related film, lesbian-related film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 1,971 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film tells the story of tennis champion Billie Jean King and retired champion Bobby Riggs leading up to their famous 1973 match. It follows King as she fights for equal prize money and navigates her personal life, while Riggs promotes the match as a spectacle.

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What happens

Battle of the Sexes is a 2017 biographical sports comedy-drama film directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton and written by Simon Beaufoy. The plot is loosely based on the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. The film stars Emma Stone and Steve Carell as King and Riggs, leading an ensemble cast including Andrea Riseborough, Elisabeth Shue, Austin Stowell, Bill Pullman, Natalie Morales, Eric Christian Olsen, and Sarah Silverman in supporting roles. The film marks the second collaboration between Carell and Stone after Crazy, Stupid, Love and the second collaboration between Riseborough and Stone after Birdman. The film had its premiere at the 44th Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States by Fox Searchlight Pictures on September 22, 2017. It received positive reviews from critics and grossed $18.6 million. At the 75th Golden Globe Awards, Stone and Carell received nominations for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy respectively. Both received Critics Choice Awards nominations in the categories Best Actress in a Comedy and Best Actor in a Comedy. At the 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards, Carell received a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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