Metacritic Movie Ratings
Fighting Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 75

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  I like the way the personalities are allowed to upstage the plot in Fighting, a routine three-act fight story that creates uncommonly interesting characters.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  It's not "Raging Bull" or "Fight Club," but Fighting is populated by believable losers and lovingly adorned with just the right faces and peeling wallpaper to absorb you in Montiel's world.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  Not everything that happens in Fighting entirely makes sense -- it's a fable, after all, and a fable doesn't necessarily have to -- but it breathes with a rough, exuberant realism that you rarely see in movies of its kind.

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• 60

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  In Channing Tatum, who also starred in "Saints," the film has a good-looking, magnetic hunk to draw a crowd. Terrence Howard lends the pedigree of great screen acting, and Zulay Henao adds charm and glamour.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Variety

  For all the utter phoniness of Fighting -- the cockeyed, faux-verite shooting, the lurches in storytelling, the lack of character development, a contrived crisis between Shawn and his would-be girlfriend Zulay and Tatum's dopey-charming thing--Fighting's not so bad.

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• 42

  out of 100

  Entertainment Weekly

  Murderously dull stretches of dialogue suck most of the fun out of this sloppy drama.

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• 38

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Fighting seriously lacks punch.

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