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By Chris Barsanti (896) for PopMatters (2,617) on 24 Sep 2017

When the movie finally turns to the climactic match, complete with excited volley-by-volley coverage and roaring crowd, the whiplash takes…

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By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 23 Sep 2017

Despite great turns by Stone and Carell, BATTLE OF THE SEXES would have done better with a wittier, nuanced script and less clunky, anachronistic…

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By Kristen Lopez (178) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 23 Sep 2017

Battle of the Sexes is about so much more than its sport…

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By Clayton Davis (240) for AwardsCircuit.com (450) on 22 Sep 2017

Headlined by another Oscar-worthy performance from Emma Stone, the film aches with an impressive and touching tale of self-discovery…

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By Max Cea (15) for Salon.com (2,725) on 22 Sep 2017

There are more artistically inspired versions of the Battle of the Sexes story, but in art, like in tennis, the moment dictates the shot; this…

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By Gregory Wakeman (182) for Metro (930) on 21 Sep 2017

Directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris evoke the 70s well, and the film flows with information about the match and those involved, but…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for We Live Entertainment (357) on 21 Sep 2017

Society didn't learn to stop oppressing women from a tennis match and I don't think they're going to learn from a movie either…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 21 Sep 2017

It doesn't take itself too seriously, and it seems to have respect for both the story's hero and its villain…

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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 21 Sep 2017

Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy and directors Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton focus on the complexities of the rivals' personal lives with empathy…

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By Armond White (604) for National Review (314) on 21 Sep 2017

This overlong, half-comic rewriting of the history of the 1973 tennis stunt…

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By John Urbancich (394) for Your Movies (cleveland.com) (472) on 21 Sep 2017

The story becomes much more than simply a tennis exhibition…

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By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 21 Sep 2017

[W]omen's lib wasn't (and isn't) about trying to prove women are better than men…

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By Staci Layne Wilson (667) for Sci-Fi Weekly (45) on 21 Sep 2017

The new movie Battle of the Sexes portrays this circus-like time in the past perfectly…

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By Linda Holmes (61) for NPR (1,713) on 20 Sep 2017

King's ambivalence and reluctance, and her understanding that the position she found herself in as an advocate had the capacity to paint her…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 20 Sep 2017

The film is at its best when the lens is tightened on the personal factors that led to King and Riggs' showdown…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Movie Mom (753) on 20 Sep 2017

They found the human story, the vulnerability, the drive, the fear, the resolve behind the hoopla and hyperbole…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 20 Sep 2017

Even if you've Googled the outcome, or are old enough to remember watching it on television, the film's reenactment of the battle and the bluster…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 20 Sep 2017

Battle of the Sexes may have laughs aplenty, but at its heart is the serious issue of equality, and the argument is well served…

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By Elena Nicolaou (19) for Refinery29 (181) on 20 Sep 2017

Unlike the election, you'll be able to cheer while watching Battle of the Sexes…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for National Review (314) on 20 Sep 2017

The movie's implied contention that women's tennis offers the same quality of play as men's simply doesn't withstand acquaintance with the facts…

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