62
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34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeTeller is terrific, which should come as no surprise to “Whiplash” fans, though no less significant, the film represents a significant return for writer-director Ben Younger.
- 80We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoWe Got This CoveredMatt DonatoThis is a boxing drama that scrappily battles for its recognition, determined to win you over at any cost.
- 75ObserverRex ReedObserverRex ReedNothing much revelatory here, but what makes the movie a keeper is the energy of director Ben Younger (Boiler Room) and the charisma of Miles Teller, the sensational young actor from "Whiplash," who invests the role of a prizefighter with the same intensity he brought to the role of an obsessively driven drummer in that film.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyBleed for This is a gritty, pungently Rhode Island working class-set boxing drama that connects with most of its punches.
- 67The PlaylistChris WillmanThe PlaylistChris WillmanPaz’s story is obviously a feel-good one, which somewhat hamstrings a writer-director who you can feel chafing against the constraints of fidelity to sheer uplift.
- 67The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakYou won’t get the gravitas of Rocky, Raging Bull, or Creed, but you will get a character worthy of immortalization thanks to spirit and shenanigans.
- 60Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonTime Out LondonTom HuddlestonOverall, Bleed For This is difficult to dislike: the story may be hokey but it’s real, and so is the sentiment behind it.
- 50IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichEvery original drop of Bleed for This is lost in a sea of cliché and convention, and Younger seems totally incapable of separating the singular verve of his protagonist from the hackneyed arc of his defining ordeal.
- 40The GuardianHenry BarnesThe GuardianHenry BarnesFor all its smashed open cuts and swollen eye sockets, Younger’s film remains an oddly sterile experience. For a biopic, it is remarkably featureless.