Battle of the Sexes

Terrible!

Well worth the time to learn about these two people and what it was like for them during this time.

The cast was spot on and so was the writing and directing. Definitely a great Sunday afternoon-er!

Really well-played by Emma Stone & Steve Carell. I’m old enough to remember watching the match between Billie Jean King & Bobby Riggs on tv. This movie really nails what this tennis match meant for a generation of women. It was a huge deal. And the message still resonates in today’s world. Highly recommend this movie to everyone, especially today’s generation of young women. 👏💙

Not that funny, acting is awkward, Steve carrel is the saving grace.

It’s sometime easy to forget that the world today - with many issues yet for equality and acceptance - has progressed from even 40 years ago. It progressed because people like Billie Jean King and others pushed and made change happen through both large and small acts of defiance. I loved watching this movie with my daughter and wife. BTW - while it has a few chuckles, it is not a true comedy. Also, if you have strong negative views of adultery, homosexuality, or smoking (all treated realistically), I suggest you give it a pass. For me, a strong movie with a great story of change that matters to all of us.

Everyone involved did a great job in recreating a brief moment in time, and what was supposed to be just a fun show-biz promotion that ended up having a big impact on the way woman and men relate to each other. The King/Riggs match also greatly increased the prestige and purses in womens' sports on the professional level. This is a movie as much about the way people deal with change in their personal lives, as it is about how we dealt with the changes in the relationships between men and women in the early 70's - after years of upheaval that began in World War 2, when women were needed and allowed to take the place of men in factories and offices across the nation while many of the men were at war. Steve Carell and Emma Stone were great in the lead roles - they did a great job of drawing out the complexities in the lives of Riggs and King at the time of the events depicted - and the complexities of their personalities as well. There are several supporting players who also put in strong performances worthy of their talents - namely the always superb Elisabeth Shue, Alan Cummings, and Sarah Silverman, as well as Bill Pullman in a thankless role. I was watching the real match, and the events leading up to it, when it all happened. The movie brings back the real thing, and what it meant to many of us, very well. The only minor misstep in my opinion was one line at the end uttered by Alan Cumming that was just a bit heavy-handed in its message - but it was defintely a point very relevant to the movie, and to the time depicted in the movie - as it still is today.

I found it very enjoyable. I would find the misogyny completely unrealistic except that as someone raised on 50s and 60s sci-fi growing up, I've heard it as if that level of disrespect were completely normal. I'm glad we're better than that now, if not yet finished. Therefore, I found the story compelling and was right there with Billie the whole way. Each turn felt real enough to be engaging. Some folk say, 'boo it's not a comedy,' but it kinda is. A tragic comedy of errors put on display but the insecure chauvanism of an age I would never see come back. I'll even say, though... I felt compelled to like Bobby, too... perhaps just because of Carell's performance. I'm not sure if I was supposed to, though.

I was shocked at how this movie glorified the extramarital affair. This overshadowed the main plot of the movie which was women’s lib and the match. It also didn’t touch on the speculation and evidence that Bobby threw the match to cash in on his huge bet.

I married Bobby's daughter my high school sweetheart Dolly Riggs in the early 70's and became friends with Bobby in 1971 well before the conception of the match; over the years I traveled to Wimbledon with him and watched him play in the seniors singles and doubles in 1973 as were were sitting 2 rows below the Queen. We did a lot of world traveling together and became so close we were like father and son. I was very surprised and please by the accuracy when watching it with my daughter Sara and grandchildren. The early 70's was a revolutionary time and I truely believe this match bolstered the Women's lib and equality movement greatly by the male chauvinist pig challenge ( in truth Bobby Riggs was not a chauvinist ) but as the showman he was he new this would start the fire burning and it couldn't have happened at a better time in history! Really enjoyable and worth watching1. Paul Marks of Leucadia, Ca