Click here to copy URL

Southpaw

2015

Antoine Fuqua

Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams, Oona Laurence ...

6.5

11,863

Drama. Action As tragedy strikes him in his prime, famed boxer, Billy Hope, begins to fall into a great depression. Once the decision regarding the custody of his daughter is under question, Billy decides to get his life back on track by getting back into the ring.

	Media	Author	Review
		Justin Chang Variety	"A bluntly conventional melodrama (...) Antoine Fuqua once more demonstrates his fascination with codes of masculine aggression, extreme violence and not much else"
		Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"'Southpaw' may be rote, predictable and mawkish, but none of those faults lie in its star. Even when he looks like an unholy mess, he transcends the movie he's in"
		Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"Southpaw sticks to tried-and-tested genre rules, yet an edgy cast — led by formidable leading man Jake Gyllenhaal — keeps the story in sharp focus"
		Damon Wise Empire	"Don’t get too caught up in the all-too-familiar plot, just savour Jake Gyllenhaal’s powerhouse performance in a (...) sports movie that punches well above its weight. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"A retro, in-your-face fight drama that dribbles into sappiness. Much, though far from all, is redeemed by Gyllenhaal's virtuoso performance (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"One of the great films of 2015 (...) 'Southpaw' goes beyond the specifics of boxing and becomes a universal story about tragedy and grief"
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Jake Gyllenhaal brings likeability and commitment to a raw role, but despite a strong supporting cast director Antoine Fuqua never quite transcends the proceedings’ gritty, melodramatic blandnes"
		Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"A movie that makes Rocky and The Fighter feel like models of complexity (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"Southpaw is so simultaneously entertaining and unsurprising that it could go straight to ESPN Classic (...) an energetic enough fight picture to capture the imagination"
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Violence and sentimentality dance in the ring, and the audience leaves satisfied, if not exactly surprised."

Return to movie

We encourage you to check the reviews' original sources. Intellectual property rights of these reviews belong to their authors and/or the correspondent media from which they have been extracted. If you'd like to help us to add more reviews to your favorite movies, just send us a message.