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Christy 2025

The American film Christy (2025), directed by David Michôd, is a biographical sports drama centered on the life of pioneering female boxer Christy Martin (née Salters). The film's detailed plot chronicles Christy's rise from a working-class background in West Virginia to becoming America's best-known female boxer in the 1990s, where she earned the nickname "The Coal Miner's Daughter" and became Don King's first female star. The narrative highlights her struggles with misogyny, homophobia (particularly from her rigid mother), and drug addiction, but focuses heavily on her toxic, abusive relationship with her much older coach-turned-husband, James "Jim" Martin. The movie depicts the emotional, financial, and sexual manipulation she endured, culminating in the harrowing third act with Jim's 2010 attempted murder of Christy, where he stabbed her multiple times and shot her. The film concludes with her ultimate act of self-actualization and survival as she moves on to marry a fellow female boxer. The cast features Sydney Sweeney in the lead role as Christy Martin, Ben Foster as her abusive husband James V. Martin, Merritt Wever as her unaccepting mother Joyce Salters, Katy O'Brian as Lisa Holewyne, and Chad L. Coleman as promoter Don King. Critics offered mixed-to-positive reviews, largely praising Sydney Sweeney's transformative and committed performance, which many considered a career-best. The film holds a 66% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes with a consensus that it's a "compelling showcase for Sydney Sweeney's transformative performance" but "falters in tonal cohesion and emotional impact." Metacritic gave it a score of 60 out of 100 ("mixed or average" reviews). Critics noted that the film often leaned into biopic clichés but became riveting when it focused on the dark, true-life horrors of her abusive marriage. The film's box office performance was considered a flop. It had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 5, 2025, and was released theatrically in the United States on November 7, 2025. With an estimated budget of $15 million, it opened to only $1.3 million and quickly faded from theaters, making its worldwide gross only around $2 million. There is currently no official wide streaming release date announced, but theatrical flops often move to video-on-demand or streaming services relatively quickly, with one source suggesting a home release around December 9, 2025, which would typically involve VOD before a subscription streaming debut. Read More

• 2025
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