The Bronze

Name: The Bronze
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: March 18, 2016
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 44
Cast: Cecily Strong, Gary Cole, Haley Lu Richardson, Melissa Rauch, Sebastian Stan

2016

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: March 18, 2016 | R

Starring: Cecily Strong, Gary Cole, Haley Lu Richardson, Melissa Rauch, Sebastian Stan, Thomas Middleditch

Summary: A decade ago, Hope Ann Greggory (Melissa Rauch) was America's sweetheart. Her inspired performance on a ruptured Achilles at the world's most prestigious gymnastics tournament clinched an unlikely bronze medal for the U.S. team and brought glory to her hometown of Amherst, Ohio. But in the years since that epic third place victory, HopeA decade ago, Hope Ann Greggory (Melissa Rauch) was America's sweetheart. Her inspired performance on a ruptured Achilles at the world's most prestigious gymnastics tournament clinched an unlikely bronze medal for the U.S. team and brought glory to her hometown of Amherst, Ohio. But in the years since that epic third place victory, Hope hasn't done a whole lot with her life. Still living in her dad Stan's (Gary Cole) basement, still sporting her daily uniform of a Team USA gym suit with teeny-bopper bangs, ponytail and scrunchie, she spends her days at the mall milking her minor celebrity for free food and favors. Hope's routine is upended when she learns that she must coach Amherst's newest gymnastics prodigy Maggie (Haley Lu Richardson) in order to receive a sizable financial inheritance. The hard-edged yet insecure Hope is faced with a serious dilemma: does she jeopardize her "hometown hero" status by devotedly training this rising star to achieve the dreams she never could? Or does she attempt to sabotage the impressionable Maggie to ensure that she remains the one and only star in Amherst? [Sony Pictures Classics]… Expand

Director: Bryan Buckley

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 100 min

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Leah Greenblatt

Mar 18, 2016

The Bronze has a loony Napoleon Dynamite–meets–Talladega Nights-on-the-balance-beam charm. Hope may be a giant jackass, but she’s America’s jackass. Read full review

Joe Dziemianowicz

Mar 17, 2016

The Bronze isn’t a brilliant game-changer, just a funny and filthy diversion. Read full review

Drew McWeeny

Jan 25, 2015

In the broad strokes, I think The Bronze is okay. I laughed at some things, I sat stone-faced during some things that don't work, and at the end, I could tell what I was supposed to feel, but it was more like I'm being ordered to feel this way instead of the film actually earning it. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Jan 25, 2015

Though no one would accuse The Bronze of not being funny, it somehow manages not to be funny often enough. Read full review

Tom Russo

Mar 17, 2016

Disappointingly, this scruffy indie doesn’t live up to its promise either, despite a few flashes of subversive inspiration. Read full review

Joshua Rothkopf

Jan 25, 2015

For a movie with a critique of mediocrity well within its grasp, this one settles for an embrace of it, barely breaking a sweat. Read full review

The Guardian Jordan Hoffman

Mar 17, 2016

The first act of the film wins some laughs on surrealist shock humour, but at the expense of ever accepting this character and her world as real. Read full review

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EUPOLEMOS

Jul 23, 2016

This is a good comedy. I would give it a 7 if it didn't had the best erotic scene at the history of humanity( Porn movies included)! The only negatives is the strong language, an adult film for sure and that sometimes the flow of events is a little slow but when you start to relax the filmThis is a good comedy. I would give it a 7 if it didn't had the best erotic scene at the history of humanity( Porn movies included)! The only negatives is the strong language, an adult film for sure and that sometimes the flow of events is a little slow but when you start to relax the film always manage to suprise you.… Expand

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FleshWorld

Apr 2, 2016

Don't sleep on this film - pretty freakin' funny in parts. I think it pretty much befuddled the critics, and they didn't know what to make of it. Sony obviously abandoned it from the jump. Could have found an audience. Oh well.

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LamontRaymond

Mar 19, 2016

One of the funnies, most original sex scenes ever seen in a mainstream feature film. (And yes, you probably heard that recently regarding Anomalisa - that one was original, but not fun in the least.) The acting is terrific, and the character is highly original. Absolutely worth seeing forOne of the funnies, most original sex scenes ever seen in a mainstream feature film. (And yes, you probably heard that recently regarding Anomalisa - that one was original, but not fun in the least.) The acting is terrific, and the character is highly original. Absolutely worth seeing for the outrageousness.… Expand

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LeZee

Aug 4, 2016

The life of an arrogant and mean farmer Olympic medal winner.

Surprised to see how the film was received. I mean it was not based on the real or something, the film was not bad either. A decent story and performances, but partially an inspiring theme. You know, of course, in the sportsThe life of an arrogant and mean farmer Olympic medal winner.

Surprised to see how the film was received. I mean it was not based on the real or something, the film was not bad either. A decent story and performances, but partially an inspiring theme. You know, of course, in the sports its about winning the medals, only till certain stage, then the time comes to end our journey for various reasons. But still there are other ways to use our gifts like on coaching and encouraging the young talents. That's what this film is about, and I enjoyed watching it.

The highlight was it looks some kind of a biographical film, but as I said it's not. I think the screenplay was well written, but pretty predictable story, especially the romance parts were outdated. The sport section was quite refreshing. The jokes were the okay type. The sex scene was awesome. It might be a little overdone, but well composed gymnastic poses. I liked the father-daughter sentiment. It was not emotional with great dialogues, but still a father fighting for his daughter to stand on her own feet was really good to see.

It is a chick flick, so both the lead girls were excellent. Pretty much impressive gymnastic stunts. Obviously the stunt double used for some of those parts. Had a good runtime and shot in wonderful places. A small budget film that shot within a month of time, but a great production quality. Entertaining film, but disappointment is it did not do well as expected at the box office. It is not a greatest sports film of all time, but I think there's no harm watching it once, you will realise that after giving it a try.

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juliankennedy23

Jan 6, 2017

The Bronze: An appealing comedy looking at a part of America only seen in Dan Bell’s Dead Mall videos and during political campaigns about “Real America” . Gary Cole gives the standout performance as the put on dad sporting a Tom Skerritt mustache and the rest of the cast redeems themselvesThe Bronze: An appealing comedy looking at a part of America only seen in Dan Bell’s Dead Mall videos and during political campaigns about “Real America” . Gary Cole gives the standout performance as the put on dad sporting a Tom Skerritt mustache and the rest of the cast redeems themselves well. The film does bite off a bit more than it can chew trying to replicate two separate Olympic games and missing some easy targets involving NBC style coverage of same. Some might find the main character abrasive beyond redemption but the movie sells that redemption arc adequately. An overall fun film with some good laughs.… Expand

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Ralfbergs

Aug 31, 2016

Decent movie, even though Melissa Rauch was annoying at times and I don't mean just her voice. Yes, her character is meant to be like that, but at parts it was just me disliking it instead of being funny what it's meant to be. But the movie has also it's good moments, even though the wholeDecent movie, even though Melissa Rauch was annoying at times and I don't mean just her voice. Yes, her character is meant to be like that, but at parts it was just me disliking it instead of being funny what it's meant to be. But the movie has also it's good moments, even though the whole thing was quite predictable and the script is quite cliche.… Expand

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EpicLadySponge

Mar 18, 2016

The Bronze is little enjoyment that manages to fail us but continues to live its glory on. Now what I expect was these following things: Great directing, great acting, great producing. Now I believe these things are done correctly, but in the poorest way as possible.

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