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Bleed for This

2016

Ben Younger

Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal, Ted Levine ...

6.3

2,118

Drama The inspirational true story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza. Who after a near fatal car crash which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again...Made one of sports most incredible comebacks.

	Media	Author	Review
		Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"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"
		Peter Debruge Variety	"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'"
		Henry Barnes The Guardian	"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)"
		Rex Reed The New York Observer	"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)"
		Wendy Ide Screendaily	"Rather than bring anything new to the genre, director Ben Younger settles for adding a distinctive bracing energy to the somewhat timeworn tropes"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"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)"
		Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"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"
		Stephanie Merry The Washington Post	"'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)"

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