Play It To The Bone Critic Reviews
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A wonderfully entertaining, raunchy, hilarious and savage foray into the lives of a couple of beat-up middle-weight boxers who get a second chance.Read the full review
Either Shelton knows this world well, or he's such a great bluffer it doesn't matter.Read the full review
Another invigorating, extremely raunchy sports movie from Ron Shelton .Read the full review
A boxing film with no conflictual punch.Read the full review
(Shelton) knows how to write pungent dialogue that covers a multitude of sins when the film goes off the rails.Read the full review
Isn't going to be a contenderRead the full review
The movie doesn't know how odd it seems to cut from the bloodshed in the ring to the dialogue of the supporting players, who still think they're in a comedy.Read the full review
As dull as the decor in a Motel 6.Read the full review
A woefully under-realized story of small-time boxers enjoying perhaps their last moment in the spotlight.Read the full review
Are they fools or heroes? Because the movie can't decide, neither can we. And without an emotional payoff, Play It to the Bone ends up stranded in serio-comic limbo.Read the full review
