Battle of the Sexes (2017) (original) (raw)
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs. (less)
Directors: Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton
Writer: Simon Beaufoy
Starring: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Natalie Morales, Sarah Silverman, Bill Pullman
Producers: Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, Robert Graf
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Review by Brian Orndorf, September 28, 2017
8 / 10
Directors Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton don�t work very often, but when they do decide to make a movie, it�s always been something worth paying attention to. The �Little Miss Sunshine� and �Ruby Sparks� helmers return with �Battle of the Sexes,� which dramatizes the famous 1973 tennis match between 29-year-old Billie Jean King and 55-year-old Bobby Riggs, with both sides playing for the glory and dignity of their gender on national television. It was a publicity circus meant to playfully poke at period resentments during the era of the Women�s Liberation Movement, but Dayton and Faris aren ...read more...
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