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Chuck

Chuck (The Bleeder)

2016

Philippe Falardeau

Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Ron Perlman, Elisabeth Moss ...

5.8

135

Drama A drama inspired by the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner, the man who inspired Rocky Balboa.

	Media	Author	Review
		Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"[A] unpretentious but gently affecting biopic (...) Falardeau (...) brings real tenderness to his portrait of a man in trouble"
		Guy Lodge Variety	"Liev Schreiber and Elisabeth Moss add the necessary punch to director Philippe Falardeau's familiar but affecting boxing biopic"
		Dave Calhoun Time Out	"[It] is one for forgiving fans of macho nostalgia fests. Everybody else might want to revisit 'Raging Bull' or the 'Rocky' movies (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jessica Kiang The Playlist	"Very well-made, very sweet-natured and very, very familiar (...) the picture signals a love for its flawed-but-forgivable central character Chuck"
		Nigel M. Smith The Guardian	"[It] proves there’s still lots of life left in the genre (...) Falardeau draws exceptional character work from his cast (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Lee Marshall Screendaily	"There’s not quite enough of an original take on the washed-up-sport-star genre here"
		Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"A very gentle and affectionate portrait of a fighter (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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