‘Bleed For This’ Critical Roundup: Miles Teller Has a Solid Punch in a Clichéd Boxing Drama
2016 has been the year of boxing films, from “Hands of Stone” to “The Bleeder” and now “Bleed For This” starring Miles Teller, which made its world premiere Friday evening at the Telluride Film Festival. The movie, directed by Ben Younger (“The Boiler Room”), is based on the true story of Vinny Pazienza, a world champion boxer who, after a near-fatal car crash, made one of sport’s most incredible comebacks. The first reviews are in, and while critics are split, more than half side favorably with Teller.
IndieWire’s David Ehrlich gave the film a C and suggests if you’ve never seen a boxing movie before, “don’t start with this one.”
“Every original drop of “Bleed for This” is lost in a sea of cliché and convention, and Younger seems totally incapable of separating the singular verve of his protagonist from the hackneyed arc of his defining ordeal.
IndieWire’s David Ehrlich gave the film a C and suggests if you’ve never seen a boxing movie before, “don’t start with this one.”
“Every original drop of “Bleed for This” is lost in a sea of cliché and convention, and Younger seems totally incapable of separating the singular verve of his protagonist from the hackneyed arc of his defining ordeal.
- 9/3/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
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