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Billy "The Great" Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal), the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis (Forest Whitaker), a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.
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Jake Gyllenhaal delivers an impressively committed performance, but Southpaw beats it down with a dispiriting drama that pummels viewers with genre clichés.

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Max Weiss Baltimore Magazine 06/12/2016
3/4
About as subtle as a right uppercut to the jaw, Southpaw is nonetheless a welcome addition to the boxing melodrama genre. Go to Full Review Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald 08/19/2015
2/5
Gyllenhaal brings every ounce of his physical self to the role, but rippling muscles and a mashed-up face don't really constitute a performance. It's not quite his fault that Billy is such a maddening character. Go to Full Review Richard Brody The New Yorker 07/29/2015
The modicum of pleasure delivered by "Southpaw" arrives thanks to its cast, who struggle bravely and energetically with the hopelessly bland text and the invisible, impersonal direction. Go to Full Review Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Jul 31
2/5
"Southpaw," starring a ripped-and-raging Jake Gyllenhaal, as entertaining as it tries to be, sadly brings nothing new to the table. This is disposable repetition at its best and worst. Go to Full Review Denise Pieniazek A Sala Llena (Argentina) 01/14/2024
8/10
Southpaw uses the world of boxing as an excuse to talk about different adversities in life, especially around emotional ties. Therefore each fight and each blow contains a meaning in itself, and with each of them the boxer will give a part of his life. Go to Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 06/09/2022
2/4
The entire film hinges on Gyllenhaal, because everything else onscreen adopts the worn-out blueprints of every boxing film you've ever seen. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Ray C @RT17651982 Mar 16 Southpaw is a powerful story about redemption and rebuilding your life after hitting rock bottom. As expected, Jake Gyllenhaal delivers another phenomenal performance and is easily the movie’s standout. The supporting cast is strong too, especially Forest Whitaker. The boxing scenes are also visceral and hard-hitting—some of the best I’ve seen on screen. That being said, it is a fairly generic and sometimes predictable underdog, rags-to-riches boxing story that definitely falls back on some genre clichés at times. Still, it’s undeniably a powerful film that’s anchored by Gyllenhaal’s performance. See more Christian B. @EL1TEcbom Feb 24 One of my absolute favorite movies. Every single actor did an amazing job. I really was impressed by 50 cents performance as well. Amazing story and acting. 10/10 from start to finish. See more Zane T @ZaneThind Feb 18 Jake Gyllenhaal gives one of his best performances in this movie. 50 Cent himself might just have given his best acting performance as well. While the movie is fine Jake Gyllenhaal is definitely the heart of the film and this movie would not work without him. See more andrea c @Charst Feb 5 Buon dramma sul pugilato che, nonostante soffra l'assenza di una storia vera rispetto ai film promossi negli ultimi anni per il genere, riesce a portare a casa un risultato positivo soprattutto grazie al suo protagonista, come sempre immenso Jake Gyllenhaal e qualche sequenza molto interessante. Nello specifico, sono senza dubbio i momenti intorno al ring, che riescono a cogliere la vera essenza dello sport, tra spogliatoi e bordo ring; alcuni passaggi sono molto potenti emotivamente. Discrete le sequenze di boxe, non indimenticabili, così come tutto il resto della trama non porta con sè grandi spunti. Decisamente di valore la colonna sonora promossa da Eminem. See more William R. @MileHighMilk Jan 27 I forgot how truly great this movie is. A standard boxing comeback story which tugs at the heart strings. See more kwazikwenkosi s @BuggyDclownvsGoDUssop Jan 2 What a performance by Jake Gyllenhaal. The movie is well directed by Antoine Fuqua, yet so predictable but able to keep a watcher up his feet due to the emotional impact in it. See more Read all reviews
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Antoine Fuqua

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Jake Gyllenhaal

Billy Hope

Forest Whitaker

Tick Willis

Naomie Harris

Angela Rivera

50 Cent

Jordan Mains

Oona Laurence

Leila Hope

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Synopsis Billy "The Great" Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal), the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis (Forest Whitaker), a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.
Director
Antoine Fuqua
Producer
Todd Black, Peter Riche, Alan Riche, Jason Blumenthal, Antoine Fuqua, Steve Tisch, Jerry Ye
Screenwriter
Kurt Sutter
Distributor
Weinstein Co.
Production Co
Escape Artists, Riche Productions, Fuqua Films
Rating
R (Some Violence|Language Throughout)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 24, 2015, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Oct 2, 2015
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$52.4M
Runtime
2h 3m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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