The Battle of the Sexes (2013)

2013

83 mins

Directed by James Erskine, Zara Hayes
89%
81%
Documentary

Tennis star and women’s rights activist Billie Jean King won a total of 39 Grand Slam titles, but the biggest... More

Tennis star and women’s rights activist Billie Jean King won a total of 39 Grand Slam titles, but the biggest match of her career took place in 1973 against former men’s champion Bobby Riggs, a self-proclaimed 'male chauvinist pig' who declared that, even at the age of 55, he could beat any woman in the world.

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The Battle of the Sexes (2013) | Ratings & Reviews

89_%9 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
81_%42 reviews
Audience score rating

"A fascinating excavation of a crossover sports/pop culture moment."

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The Guardian

"A smart, gripping and enormously enjoyable parable."

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Time Out

"A lot of the material is reused... which smacks of a dearth of material for a film which barely runs to 80 minutes."

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Little White Lies

"As fascinating as it is to relive, James Erskine's documentary struggles to make the episode a metaphor for sexism in society - an issue too big to be boiled down to one gender-politics sideshow."

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