Battle of the Sexes (dirs. Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris).

[It] succeeds in economically dramatizing one of the most (in)famous real-life matches with the usual sports drama wrapped in historical political context. [Emma] Stone is exceptional, [Steve] Carrell is lively, and the tennis is great. It’s truly impressive how they replicated the final, momentous match. Dayton and Faris use the period setting and people to make a fairly timeless biographical film about the characters responsible for progress in tennis.

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