Sharon Halstead Too long with too much focus on BJK's sexual awakening relationship with Marilyn, her hairdresser, I found their scenes too long, awkward and tedious. If this went down the way this film shows it, BJK shows herself to be a selfish woman who put her and the other female tennis players career opportunities at risk by engaging in what then would have been a VERY controversial dalliance so close to the public eye. Emma Stone and Steve Carell were excellent in their roles, with Carell stealing the film as the spirited, brash, obnoxious Riggs. Kudos to Sarah Silverstone as Gladys, the female players manager...very entertaining to watch. One character I felt they didn't do justice to was BJK's husband Larry King. After I watched the film I looked him up online and found he was quite an accomplished individual in his own right, not just her manager. They treated him like a background character but the actor did well with his limited screen time. More of a comedy than any drama as even the serious matters was treated with humor. The ending was unsatisfying for some reason; I felt a that's it, over and done type story instead of more emphasis on what BJK's victory accomplished for women in society as a whole. Still, worth a one-time watch to see what all the hoohah was about.

lebernards I could only make it thru 45 agonizing minutes of this "movie" ... bobbing for apples in a deep fryer woulda been more fun.

beatriceyongyuexuan Spectacular and very entertaining, sprinkled with good humour, so much that the 2 hours had passed by with an ending that left me being relieved to have gotten off an emotional roller coaster ride yet very satisfied with the ups and downs of it.

chris-bushwacker Having just finished watching this film and having read some of the user reviews, I see as much confusion in the reviews as I did in the film. I will keep this short so will not regurgitate the "plot" but a huge gripe for me was Emma Stone being cast as BJK. I realise this film will be watched in the main by people who never saw her play, can't remember what she looked like or possibly have never heard of her - in which case they won't realise she was a mere 5'2", small and dumpy, nothing like the tall, athletic-looking Stone. Having been an avid tennis fan for 40 years, I found this jarring, especially as the tennis double used for Stone is a 5'10" player.So many people have praised her performance - why? It was nothing better than ordinary and she was surrounded by a bevy of women players who largely remained nameless and in the background (with the exception of Rosie Casals) even though they would have been names in their own right. So there's an own goal straight away in a film about women being sidelined, ignored and not taken seriously - let's do the same thing to them 45 years later when we tell the story! Oh my mistake, they do shine a rather nasty spotlight on Australian legend Margaret Court, but none of it in a complimentary light of course.I have seen reviews complaining that the sexism was cartoony and too overt, a sledgehammer rather than the "subtle" depiction one viewer would have preferred - apparently unaware that sexism back then was a way life, mainstream and considered acceptable in public, private and anywhere else. It's what BJK was fighting to change, remember? Another reviewer lamenting Alan Cumming's performance as an aide to the BJK team, not realising he was actually a celebrated dress designer that specialised in tennis wear and had dressed just about every women's champion over the course of 40 years.Films about sport are usually over-simplistic and clunky with a good ladling of sentimental hogwash and this is no different, except in this case we are supposed to cheer as wildly for the LBGTQ slant as we would had BJK just hit an ace in the film we thought we were watching. So what is this "battle of the sexes" actually about? The celebrated tennis match which BJK won (a best of FIVE sets, all you serial complainers about women who only play best of 3) or the behind the scenes capitulation of her husband in favour of the aggressively pursuing female lover?Bobby Riggs was certainly a character but there was not enough focus on him, although Steve Carell did well with what little he had, turning him from an out and out idiot into a real person with doubts and regrets as well as compulsions. His performance was good while Stone (with all the screen time) seemed to be in some cheap made for TV movie, far too tall with a rotten wig.I guess I hated it, all things considered. Something that should have been compelling was reduced to preachy saccharine nonsense but as another reviewer accurately stated - the SJWs will eat it up.