The Featherweight
| Release Date: September 20, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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90
The New YorkerRichard BrodySep 18, 2024
Kolodny’s film is a touching, disquieting, relentlessly fascinating view of a troubled soul and of the world of trouble he belongs to. Read full review
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IndieWireAdam SolomonsFeb 16, 2024
As debuts go, The Featherweight is more than just a competent drama. It’s as nifty as its warts-and-all protagonist, with an inventive verité storytelling style inspired by John Cassavettes that also evokes the era’s filmmaking. Read full review
80
ColliderJeff EwingOct 10, 2024
It would have benefitted from a greater inclusion of Pep's good times, allowing a more well-rounded exploration and understanding of the storied athlete, but thanks to a well-scripted narrative and excellent performances, it remains an excellent biographical look into the decline and fall of a featherweight empire. Read full review
80
VarietyGuy LodgeSep 20, 2023
The film is convincingly fashioned as a candid all-access documentary, a promotional puff piece curdling before our eyes into an unintended study of mental breakdown. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comClint WorthingtonSep 20, 2024
The Featherweight elevates its been-there story of middle-aged guys chasing their glory days with some smart, unexpected performances and a genuinely intriguing aesthetic frame. It might not deliver a total knock-out punch, but it gets a few good blows in before the bell rings. Read full review
70
The New York TimesLisa KennedySep 19, 2024
Kolodny handles his movie-as-documentary conceit with subtle flair and finesse. For a subgenre as crowded with movies as boxing has weight classes, The Featherweight isn’t a knockout. But it does land more than a glancing blow. Read full review
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