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  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • mTuckman Media
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • mTuckman Media
  • 1 h 31 m
Boxing Gym

Summary The subject of legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman’s hypnotic new film is an Austin, TX institution: Lord’s Gym, which was founded 16 years ago by professional boxer Richard Lord. People of all ages, races, ethnicities and social classes come to Lord’s: doctors, lawyers, judges, businessmen and kids all learn to spar alongside fell...

Directed By: Frederick Wiseman

  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • mTuckman Media
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • mTuckman Media
  • 1 h 31 m
Boxing Gym
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Summary The subject of legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman’s hypnotic new film is an Austin, TX institution: Lord’s Gym, which was founded 16 years ago by professional boxer Richard Lord. People of all ages, races, ethnicities and social classes come to Lord’s: doctors, lawyers, judges, businessmen and kids all learn to spar alongside fell...

Directed By: Frederick Wiseman

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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86% Positive
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14% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Universal Acclaim Based on 14 Critic Reviews
83
86% Positive
12 Reviews
14% Mixed
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0% Negative
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100
Nov 27, 2010
A riveting and unexpectedly inspiring essay on the peace that comes from shared physical and mental concentration.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
91
Oct 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.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
90
Oct 21, 2010
Pugilists and philosophers of all kinds converge in Frederick Wiseman's mesmerizing documentary Boxing Gym.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
88
Nov 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.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 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.
By Peter Hartlaub FULL REVIEW
67
Nov 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.
By Kimberley Jones FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 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.
By Ray Bennett FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Zipporah Films, mTuckman Media
Release Date Oct 22, 2010
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating Unrated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/ZipporahFilmsInc
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Awards

International Cinephile Society Awards
• 1 Nomination
Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 Nomination
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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