Battle of the Sexes

— I went to the theater for a light look at a media event I’m old enough to remember as something of a turning point in women’s athletics and the women’s movement as a whole. I expected it to be another look back at attitudes that are hard to imagine from today’s perspective and I was a little concerned when it started focusing on LGBT issues too since I had Billy Jean King pigeonholed as forwarding mostly women’s athletics, but the film reminded me that there are women’s issues and LGBT issues and all kind of other group’s issues but, in the end, they’re all equality issues. This is a thoughtful story with good actors that sometimes gets a little bogged down with both King's and Riggs' personal matters, but those same personal matters do make it more than a typical sports triumph film.

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[2017. 121 min. Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Starring Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Elisabeth Shue, Bill Pullman, Alan Cumming, Sarah Silverman, and Andrea Riseborough.]
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