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40% Tomatometer 25 Reviews 82% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings Billy (Jon Voight) used to be a great boxer, but he's settled into a hardscrabble life that revolves around drinking, training...
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- Franco Zeffirelli
- PG
- Jon Voight
User Reviews. After seeing this movie again (it's been over 20 years), I can't think of enough positive things to say about it. The honesty of the script tends to overcome any sense of melodrama, and it turns out to be a 10-hanky tearjerker. The acting is great all around as well.
96% Tomatometer 23 Reviews 76% Audience Score 500+ Ratings Champ (Wallace Beery) is a down-on-his-luck boxer in Tijuana whose son, Dink (Jackie Cooper), adores him despite Champ's addictions to...
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- Wallace Beery
- King Vidor
- Drama
Emotional family drama has alcohol, gambling, violence. Read Common Sense Media's The Champ review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Ricky Schroder
- Franco Zeffirelli
- MGM
At review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 40% based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10. At Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 38 out of 100 based on eight critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 19, 2022. Globe Staff Boston Globe. TOP CRITIC. Wallace Beery, one of the finest actors In Hollywood, plays the co-starring role with Jackie. It is a...
Apr 4, 1979 · Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway and Ricky Schroder star in this poignant story about a one-time boxing champ who is forced to return to the ring in order to maintain custody of his eight-year-old son. Voight plays Billy Flynn, an ex-champion boxer who was KO'd by booze and gambling.
