I watched the film yesterday. Sydney altered her appearance significantly, so don’t go to the film expecting her to look like the picture above. You’ll see her with dark, curly hair and much heavier, almost unidentifiable as La Cid. The critics almost universally praised Sydney, and I agree that she did a great job.
The film was a total bust at the box office. The opening weekend was $1.3 million in 2,184 theaters. That was one of the twelve worst openings in history among films in more than 2,000 theaters,
And that was the good news! In its second week it set the all-time record for the largest drop from the first week – 92%.
On the final day of its two-week run, it averaged ten dollars per theater. That means it couldn’t even draw one person per day! And I assume it was screened at least twice, maybe more, so it must have played to empty theaters more than half of the time. If only Pee Wee Herman had jerked off to this movie, he would have gone forever undetected. In fact, he could have brought Chairry, plus J.D. Vance and his favorite couch, and they could have had a furniture orgy without being noticed.
In contrast, the few people that watched the film seemed to find it satisfying.
Popcorn Meter: 96%
Cinemascore: B+
The Tomato Meter was 67%, which is much better than I would have guessed. I’d call it competent but mediocre, a paint-by-numbers pic that follows the usual sports film narrative with no distinction or surprises.
She is actually a pretty good actress, but this particular film vehicle is not one that people wanted to see her in. I look forward to how her career further develops.
read a lot of Wikipedia and other sources about the real story and it sound like it could have been another Tanya Harding story if done right
Sweeney is no Margot.
I wonder if they just padded her costumes to make her look bulkier, or if she actually gained the weight, de Niro-style.
‘Cause if she actually gained the weight for the movie, then lost it all again – while NOT affecting her most famous assets – that’d be quite an achievement.
We all know that the audience doesn’t want to watch hot chicks play ugly slobs. Now if Hollywood would just stop trying to stupidly lose money, entertainment could be fun again.