Another day, another unimaginative biopic. In no other genre do filmmakers so regularly take otherwise interesting stories and deaden them. Naomi Watts as the Princess of Wales in 2013’s Diana ? Dismal. Ashton Kutcher as the Apple founder in Jobs ? About as dramatic as a Wikipedia page.

And now we can add to the canon Christy , a pitifully undercooked adaptation of Christy Martin’s 2022 memoir Fighting for Survival . Martin, sometimes known as The Coal Miner’s Daughter, is a former professional boxer, and is widely considered the person who legitimised the sport for women in the 90s. Her historic 1996 fight with Deirdre Gogarty, and her support from Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson’s promoter Don King, propelled her to stardom. She was also emotionally and physically abused by her mu

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