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The Fight

Play trailer Poster for The Fight 2018 1h 31m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Critics Reviews

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Charlotte O'Sullivan London Evening Standard 03/17/2019
3/5
It was brave and smart of Hynes to leave her comfort zone. Her desperately angry characters linger on, just as they should. Go to Full Review
Ed Potton The Times (UK) 03/15/2019
3/5
Hynes, as ever, oozes resilience and honesty. As well as showing off a mean right hook, she has crafted a moving tribute to shattered middle age. Go to Full Review
Peter Bradshaw Guardian 03/14/2019
3/5
It feels like a very personal film, well acted by the A-list cast that Hynes has assembled: a cathartic meditation on the need to heal, the need to confront those who do wrong and to confront yourself when you've done wrong. Go to Full Review
Bianca Garner Filmotomy 10/11/2024
The Fight is not formulated well enough to be a great film, but it is still a great example of what vast potential Jessica Hynes holds as a filmmaker. Go to Full Review
Katie Hogan VultureHound 02/03/2020
4/5
Along the way her family experience small victories which adds to the feeling that no one is alone, they are a family, they don't give up on each other. Go to Full Review
Aiden Canter Cultured Vultures 09/01/2019
7/10
The Fight is a worthy directorial debut that, much like the seaside town it represents, shows artistic promise. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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04/24/2020 Not bad. Aside from a couple of cliches and tired references/homages, it's a solid movie about working towards reconciliation, closure, homeostasis and how not working to move on from your past demons/failures will not only inhibit yourself (possibly to profound extents), but it will cause damage to relationships within and outside of family. Nice work by Hynes. See more 10/13/2019 Millennial kitchen sink drama explores motives around bullying from a mainly female perspective. We get to see bullying but we also get to see what may be at the root of these issues. The trouble is although well-acted, it felt very kids TV drama. And the obvious lack of budget led to a short running time that didn't really lead to any conclusion. See more 03/21/2019 Jessica Hynes proves that she should not make anything that is not comedy. The plot is laborious and revolves around the most hateable character possible. The film is advertised as a woman facing her past. I can happily point out this does not happen once. The main character is beyond egocentric and wallows in her pain to the point of boredom. The whole film has a feeling of pointlessness. This would have been alright if not for the terrible acting, poor editing and weak dialogue. Children do not speak like that. Also, marketing the film as starring russel brandÂ? is a blatant commercial fraud. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Director
Jessica Hynes
Producer
Noel Clarke, Jason Maza, Maggie Monteith, David Wade
Screenwriter
Jessica Hynes
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 31m