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- 2020
- R
- Quiver Distribution
- 1 h 37 m
- 2020
- R
- Quiver Distribution
- 1 h 37 m
Summary When Anna Wyncomb is introduced to an underground, all-female fight club in order to turn the mess of her life around, she discovers she is much more personally connected to the history of the club than she could ever imagine.
Directed By: Paul Leyden
Written By: Joseph Downey, Hope Bryant
- 2020
- R
- Quiver Distribution
- 1 h 37 m
- 2020
- R
- Quiver Distribution
- 1 h 37 m
Chick Fight
39
3.3
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Summary When Anna Wyncomb is introduced to an underground, all-female fight club in order to turn the mess of her life around, she discovers she is much more personally connected to the history of the club than she could ever imagine.
Directed By: Paul Leyden
Written By: Joseph Downey, Hope Bryant
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
39
17% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
33% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
39
17% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
33% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Chick Fight is an effective and modern twist on the classic fight club story. It, in many ways, reaches audiences in ways that other films with a primarily female cast are unable and delivers neverending excitement, intensity, and entertainment.
Instead of the cleavage, hair-pulling and Jerry Springer antics it teases, Chick Fight serves up a blandly formulaic and scrupulously inoffensive tale of female empowerment.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
3.3
18% Positive
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
27% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
55% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
3.3
18% Positive
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
27% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
55% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
I'm a big MMA fan. Even trained a little in it myself. So if any sports movie chooses to use it as its driving force over the usual suspects of boxing, football, and basketball then I'll be there every time. This, however, was not a fight of the night contender.
I enjoyed the actual fights and the training segments that lead up to the big final showdown with the protagonist's pugnacious rival, even if the plot felt unfinished as we never get to see any real growth in Åkerman's character up to that point. Something that naturally causes the light dramatic element to fall flat. The problem for me was simply everything else. See, Chick Fight is also trying to be a comedy. Unfortunately, every "joke" is a bit of pointless vulgarity, rather than genuinely clever raunch. So the laughter is practically nonexistent. It also doesn't help that the entire cast outside of Alec Baldwin deliver phoned in performances that make it clear they knew exactly how sloppy the script and bad the dialog was before signing on, and are only present for the paycheck.
As much as I appreciate seeing my favorite sport receive some representation in a film that isn't a documentary on an athlete's achievements, I'm left with a level of disappointment I haven't experienced with MMA since witnessing Adesanya vs. Romero. Especially since it's easy to see that had more time gone into ensuring there was a satisfying plot rather than a bunch of crappy **** and **** jokes we could have had a top contender. When these ladies throw down it's actually kind of convincing. Sadly, this is the cinematic equivalent of an initially promising looking young prospect who showed up too overconfident, missed weight, and got knocked out in the first round.
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There are some undeniably amusing moments, thanks largely to a cast unafraid to throw themselves into the raunchiness and violence with full abandon, but it's hard to avoid the feeling that the film represents a missed opportunity.
For a bad movie, it’s a fun.
Both writer and director are men, which perhaps explains why much of the talk in Chick Fight about female empowerment and channeling one’s womanly rage comes off as lip service on the way to the next beat-down or snuggle-up.
While the premise of Chick Fight may be featherweight, it’s the film’s phony feminist execution that turns it into a real loser.
It talks about female empowerment in a sexist, cliche and tremendously boring story.
And this mainly because the lead actress, Malin Åkerman doesn't seem to be really interested in the role, and if your protagonist is unconvincing, the same happens with the rest of your film.
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It tics all the boxes as per commanded by the deep state.
Most characters are **** (for no reason), marijuana is cool and good for you and police are bad.
Spoiler alert. The movie is not funny at all.
I give it one Opoint because the chic is cute and a good actress.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Production Company
Yale Productions,
Media Finance Capital,
Idiot Savant Pictures,
Do More Productions,
Vested Interest,
Chevale Productions,
Cranium Entertainment,
Jesse James Films,
SSS Entertainment,
SSS Film Capital
Release Date Nov 13, 2020
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating R
Tagline Hit like a girl.
