Emma Stone
Billie Jean King
Steve Carell
Bobby Riggs
Andrea Riseborough
Marilyn Barnett
Sarah Silverman
Gladys Heldman
Bill Pullman
Jack Kramer
Elisabeth Shue
Priscilla Riggs
Alan Cumming
Ted Tinling
Austin Stowell
Larry King
Eric Christian Olsen
Lornie Kuhle
Natalie Morales
Rosie Casals
Lewis Pullman
Larry Riggs
Jessica McNamee
Margaret Court
Martha MacIsaac
Jane 'Peaches' Bartkowicz
Wallace Langham
Henry
Mark Harelik
Hank Greenberg
Fred Armisen
Rheo Blair
Chris Parnell
DJ
John C. McGinley
Herb
Mickey Sumner
Valerie Ziegenfuss
James Mackay
Barry Court
Tim Ransom
Jerry Perenchio
Frank Lui Geo
Bobby Zealot
Chip Chinery
Roone Arledge
Cooper J. Friedman
Bobby Riggs Jr.
Enuka Okuma
Bonny
Agnes Albright
Dana
Bob Stephenson
Bobby's Publicist
Nelson Franklin
TV Reporter
Amy Holt
Woman #1
Tom Kenny
Bob Sanders
Dinka Dzubur
Sports ReporterLauren Kline
Nancy RicheyFidan Manashirova
Judy Tegart DaltonAshley Weinhold
Kristy PigeonKaitlyn Christian
Kerry Melville ReidDoug Dean
Jack Desmond
Jamey Sheridan
Ken Rosewall
Matt Malloy
Riggs' Therapist
Bill Blair
Sports Reporter / Fan (uncredited)
Eli Jane
Dancer (uncredited)Karen Baxter
Mother of the Bride (uncredited)Craig Reed
Hardware Store Manager
Released
en
$25,000,000.00
$12,638,526.00
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- #tennis
- #1970s
- #tennis player
- #biography
- #based on true story
- #femme fatale
- #female athlete
- #determination
- #women's rights
- #chauvinisim
- #tennis match
- #exhibition match
- #clinical
- #approving
- #assertive
Reviews
Emma Stone and Steve Carell are terrific. <em>'Battle of the Sexes'</em> is an interesting look on the famous tennis match from 1973 between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. I'm sure it takes all the usual creative license that biopics tend to do, but that's doesn't bother me - especially with this type of event. Stone (King) and Carell (Riggs) are definitely what hold this film together, w
I'm not saying women are better. I've never said that. I'm saying we deserve some respect. Battle of the sexes is directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and written by Simon Beaufoy. It stars Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Natalie Morales, Sarah Silverman, Bill Pullman, Eric Christian Olsen, Alan Cumming and Elisabeth Shue. Music is by Nicholas Britell and cinematography
FULL DISCLOSURE: I saw this while I was working my ass off in a foodtruck at an outdoor cinema. I missed whole chunks of it, and it certainly didn't have my full focus. I'll give it a proper chance at a later date, and alongside that, another review. However, of what I saw, _Battle of the Sexes_ seemed to be little more than a collection of stereotypes played for comedy in a movie that not only wa