Variety
Liev Schreiber and Elisabeth Moss add the necessary punch to director Philippe Falardeau's familiar but affecting boxing biopic.
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Chuck
Five-time Golden Globe nominee Liev Schreiber (Spotlight) is the real REAL Rocky Balboa in this comedic true story drama about Chuck Wepner - the man who inspired Rocky. From the director of the Oscatr-nominated Monsieur Lazhar, co-starring Oscar-nominee Naomi Watts (Birdman) and Golden Globe winners Ron Perlman (Pacific Rim) and Elisabeth Moss (High-Rise).
As well as being the match that lit the billion-dollar film series, Wepner was a liquor salesman from New Jersey who went 15 rounds with the greatest boxer of all time, Muhammad Ali. In his ten years in the ring, Wepner endured two knockouts, eight broken noses, and 313 stitches. But his toughest fights were outside the ring: an epic life of drugs, booze, wild women, incredible highs and extraordinary lows.
2016Rating: 15USA
ComedyDramaSportTrue Story & Biography
- Director:
- Philippe Falardeau ('Monsieur Lazhar', 'The Good Lie', 'Congorama')
- Writer:
- Jeff FeuerzeigJerry StahlMichael CristoferLiev Schreiber
- Cast:
- Liev SchreiberNaomi WattsElisabeth MossRon PerlmanJim GaffiganMichael RapaportPooch HallMorgan Spector
Chuck / Reviews
The Guardian
Schreiber is so good you wish he'd lead more films, while Moss is fiery as always, owning her thick Jersey accent like nobody's business. Matching them is Schreiber's real-life partner Naomi Watts...
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Collider
Ultimately, [Chuck] works. It's fun, it's sweet, it's well made, and packs in just enough unexpected zigs and zags to avoid tedious predictability.
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