Southpaw

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Southpaw

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Released Jul 24, 2015

2h 3m

Drama

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Billy "The Great" Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal), the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis (Forest Whitaker), a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.

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Critics Consensus

Jake Gyllenhaal delivers an impressively committed performance, but Southpaw beats it down with a dispiriting drama that pummels viewers with genre clichés.

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Max Weiss

Baltimore Magazine

About as subtle as a right uppercut to the jaw, Southpaw is nonetheless a welcome addition to the boxing melodrama genre.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 12, 2016

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Gyllenhaal brings every ounce of his physical self to the role, but rippling muscles and a mashed-up face don't really constitute a performance. It's not quite his fault that Billy is such a maddening character.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 19, 2015

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

The modicum of pleasure delivered by "Southpaw" arrives thanks to its cast, who struggle bravely and energetically with the hopelessly bland text and the invisible, impersonal direction.

Jul 29, 2015

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Denise Pieniazek

A Sala Llena (Argentina)

Southpaw uses the world of boxing as an excuse to talk about different adversities in life, especially around emotional ties. Therefore each fight and each blow contains a meaning in itself, and with each of them the boxer will give a part of his life.

Rated: 8/10

Jan 14, 2024

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The entire film hinges on Gyllenhaal, because everything else onscreen adopts the worn-out blueprints of every boxing film you've ever seen.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 9, 2022

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Kip Mooney

Central Track

Can't punch its way out of the ring of boxing movie cliches.

Rated: C-

Aug 10, 2021

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Beverly S

Southpaw brings both emotional and physical aspects of life trauma into the boxing field, providing a gut wrenching film. Although I do believe it is not a fully accurate representation of the sensitive topics it focuses on, I think it creates a good lesson and showcasing of how one can overcome obstacles and fight for others.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/31/24

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Audience Member

Casual, cliche'ed sport drama. Nothing. Not bad, not good enough for a 7/10. Coach Carter is much better

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/17/24

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Harvey K

I can't get past plot, structure, character. I still can't watch Fight Club. The Ingloriousness of violence and people hitting each other overplaces any allegory or metaphor as to what is on the streets of our time. This is simple reinforcement of our past, present and future. I don't wish a movie to Tell and shout at me what I feel already. Can't be bothered with Truth I see already.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/25

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Camilo V

Increíble la peli admirable la transformación de el actor y reachel espectacular como siempre

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/28/24

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Pasquale M

W for Jake Gyllenhaal!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/04/24

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Alan Z

Very predictable plot where a superstar boxer experiences turmoil and falls to his lowest, only to be trained back up by some trainer to become number one in the world again. The fight scenes were good and entertaining, that is my most positive remark. Also, Jake Gyllenhaal's daughter in the movie was incredibly annoying, seemingly transitioning from understanding her father's struggles to wishing literal death on him and then magically back to normal as if she was possessed by the devil and nothing out of the norm had occurred.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/28/24

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Synopsis

Billy "The Great" Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal), the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis (Forest Whitaker), a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.

Director: Antoine Fuqua
Producer: Todd Black, Peter Riche, Alan Riche, Jason Blumenthal, Antoine Fuqua, Steve Tisch, Jerry Ye
Screenwriter: Kurt Sutter
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: Riche Productions, Fuqua Films, Escape Artists
Rating: R (Some Violence|Language Throughout)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 24, 2015, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Oct 2, 2015
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $52.4M
Runtime: 2h 3m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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