Boxing Gym
mTuckman Media | Release Date: October 22, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
83
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Universal acclaim based on 14 Critic Reviews
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12
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2
Negative:
0
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100
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumNov 27, 2010
A riveting and unexpectedly inspiring essay on the peace that comes from shared physical and mental concentration. Read full review
100
Time OutKeith UhlichOct 21, 2010
Indeed, you leave the film feeling like Wiseman has given you a glimpse of one of those ephemeral ports in a storm to which all of us retreat at times. Read full review
91
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerOct 23, 2010
He is the least intrusive of great directors, and Boxing Gym, which is about a gym in Austin, Texas, is so offhandedly observant that, for a while, you may wonder if much of anything is really going on. Read full review
90
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternOct 21, 2010
This one is both demanding and extremely rewarding, because it's really a meditation on violence. Read full review
90
The New York TimesManohla DargisOct 21, 2010
Pugilists and philosophers of all kinds converge in Frederick Wiseman's mesmerizing documentary Boxing Gym. Read full review
90
Village VoiceJ. HobermanOct 21, 2010
Boxing Gym is a companion piece of sorts to "La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet," Wiseman's previous doc that played Film Forum last fall. It's not simply that boxing and ballet are understood as kindred activities. Boxing Gym is itself a dance movie-which is to say, a highly formalized exercise in choreographed activity. Read full review
88
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottDec 11, 2010
A documentary that is equal parts sweet science, brutal art and masterful filmmaking. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisNov 11, 2010
Wiseman has made several films about both disability and dance, but this new one might be his most hypnotic, rhythmically assembled observation of corporeal expression. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayOct 21, 2010
Viewers' interest in Boxing Gym will likely wax and wane, depending on their interest in martial arts. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubDec 22, 2010
A meditative state of a movie. While shorter-attention-spanned moviegoers should stick to "The Fighter," this is an interesting and enjoyable entry on the opposite side of the genre. Read full review
70
Boxoffice MagazineVadim RizovOct 27, 2010
Wiseman's approach will surprise none of his veteran viewers: no voiceover, no real narrative, just a pure evocation of a place that acts both as a specific site and a microcosm of a larger sphere. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesNov 12, 2010
Far more engrossing are the long, dialogue-free stretches that fix on, say, bobbing feet or curled fists on a speed bag. The soundscape, too, is endlessly fascinating, a layer cake of squeaks, grunts, gasps, and rattling chains that, combined, catches a rhythm that sounds an awful lot like song. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierOct 22, 2010
Wiseman films it all without comment, letting the rhythm of the place tell the story. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterRay BennettOct 21, 2010
The film captures the energy, the stresses and the tension of people striking punching bags and each other but without narration, it all feels a bit random and uninteresting. Read full review
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