Battle of the Sexes (2017)
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.39:1 121m
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Cast: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman, Bill Pullman, Alan Cumming, Elizabeth Shue
Synopsis:
Determined to gain equal recognition with male players, Billie Jean King and others form the WTA, finding themselves locked out of the US Lawn Tennis Association. A former male title-holder, Bobby Riggs, challenges their best player to a one-on-one.
Review:
Compellingly sympathetic and entertaining version of true events, which manages to interweave King's burgeoning sexuality and Riggs's gambling problem into a media-fuelled confrontation drama without sacrificing good humour or impartiality. The cinematography throughout is ravishingly pointed, and there is humanity here.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.39:1 121m
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Cast: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman, Bill Pullman, Alan Cumming, Elizabeth Shue
Synopsis:
Determined to gain equal recognition with male players, Billie Jean King and others form the WTA, finding themselves locked out of the US Lawn Tennis Association. A former male title-holder, Bobby Riggs, challenges their best player to a one-on-one.
Review:
Compellingly sympathetic and entertaining version of true events, which manages to interweave King's burgeoning sexuality and Riggs's gambling problem into a media-fuelled confrontation drama without sacrificing good humour or impartiality. The cinematography throughout is ravishingly pointed, and there is humanity here.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.39:1 121m
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Cast: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman, Bill Pullman, Alan Cumming, Elizabeth Shue
Synopsis:
Determined to gain equal recognition with male players, Billie Jean King and others form the WTA, finding themselves locked out of the US Lawn Tennis Association. A former male title-holder, Bobby Riggs, challenges their best player to a one-on-one.
Review:
Compellingly sympathetic and entertaining version of true events, which manages to interweave King's burgeoning sexuality and Riggs's gambling problem into a media-fuelled confrontation drama without sacrificing good humour or impartiality. The cinematography throughout is ravishingly pointed, and there is humanity here.