Fighting
Metascore
61 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
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  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    88
    Fighting has real grit and excellent acting. In other words, there is gold in that dirt.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    83
    Fighting doesn’t break new ground so much as animate B-movie types, but New York movies this gritty and flavorful don't come along very often.

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User Score
4.3 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 30 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 15
  3. Negative: 9 out of 15
  1. kgm
    2
    Punchdrunk
  2. Vorlargen
    0
    Unwatchable. Bad story, bad acting, bad fight corry. I knew it was time to stop watching when I caught myself reading something else with the movie going in the background.… Full Review »
  3. jimmytancredi
    6
    Fighting is a film that tries desperately to be relevant in any way, but it is only a weak action film punctuated by some good ideas in the script. The film tells the story of Shawn MacArthur, a young man lost in life after a fight in a square is contacted by an agent that helps him making money in illegal fights.
    With an outcome of the head just wrong (as The Man Who Copied, for example), Fighting is a film that shows that the end had interesting characters and was supposed to be a good movie, and itâ    … Full Review »
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