Bleed for This

"Younger’s film remains an oddly sterile experience. For a biopic, it is remarkably featureless (...) It’s Teller who is partly to blame. If War Dogs was his first boring performance, Bleed for This serves up his second (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)" 

"Rather than bring anything new to the genre, director Ben Younger settles for adding a distinctive bracing energy to the somewhat timeworn tropes" 

"This welcome return by (...) director Ben Younger can’t help but hit some familiar boxing picture notes but still rates as a vibrant addition to the genre" 

"Miles Teller brings the intensity of 'Whiplash' to the boxing arena (...) Though every boxing movie since 'Raging Bull' owes Scorsese some measure of gratitude, 'Bleed for This' actually borrows more from David O. Russell’s 'The Fighter'" 

"It's so well made that Bleed for This won me over despite my aversion to timeworn sports pictures that tell basically the same story (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)" 

"Miles Teller gives the performance of his career (...) and writer-director Ben Younger delivers one of the best boxing movies of the decade (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)" 

"Teller and the rest of the cast make 'Bleed for This' more than an inspiring version of Mr. Pazienza’s story; they make it a genuinely interesting one" 

"'Bleed for This' is just the latest in the conveyor belt of boxing movies that continues to pass through theaters, despite a waning interest in the sport (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"