Southpaw

Billy "The Great" Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal), the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely sav…


Release date: July 24, 2015 (USA)

Director: Antoine Fuqua

MPAA rating: R

Producers: Antoine Fuqua, Steve Tisch, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Alan Riche, Peter Riche

Production companies: Dreamworks Pictures, Escape Artists


Critic reviews

A feature that is filled with boxing tropes and, more than anything, just feels entirely dull....

Eric Eisenberg·Cinemablend
The undeniable intensity of Gyllenhaals bulked-up, Method-mumbling performance may leave you feeling more pummeled than convinced......

Justin Chang·Variety
It would be easy to giggle at Southpaw — its belly-to-belly clichés and absurd pile-up of misfortunes — if Fuqua’s pummeling weren’t so adroit.....