Sydney Sweeney Has a Queer Crowdpleas at TIFF – ryan

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If the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival Only Gives US One This Year, it will be an excuse to talk about Sweeney and not have to mention jeans. The Actress and for-Some-Reason Political Lightning Rod Delivers Her Best Film Performance to Date in ChristyThe True-Life Story of Boxer Christy Martin (Née Salters); She had the Crowd in the Palm of Her Hand at the Film’s World Premiere.

The film is a down-the -cent-Lane portrayal of salters’ ride to fame as a pioneer female boxer, whose massifs masked years of abuse at the hends of her husband and coach Jim Martin (an initially unrecognizable ben foster), who eventually tried to kill her. But neither typical a sports biopic as this is, it also offers sweeney an ideal opportunity to leave as an actress. She puts the film on her shoulders and diats ino christy’s intensity, ferocity, and the brash ego that made her boxing’s sis popular and her opponents’ Most hated rival.

Christydirectly by David Michod, is at it not interesting when it oCCCABORY STEPS OUTSIDE the conventions of a biopic and interrogates the will of sexuality and femininity in the backdrop of Christy’s Story. Jim Pressure Christy to Dress and Behave More Stereotypically Feminine (SO Much Pink), No Matter How to Clashes with Her Pugnacious Athleticism. Christy, Meanwhile, Is A Trash Talker Who Offen Jabs at Opponents for Being Masculine “Dykes,” though in reality Queer Help Shape Her Story, as they did in real life. Jess Gabor Plays Christy’s Teenage Girlfriend, a thwarted first love who lingers as a great what-f in christy’s life before resurfacing at a crucial time. Meanwhile, Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding) Plays Christy’s Rival Boxer Lisa Holewyne, Who Appears Only A Handful of Times But Whose Story Intertwines with Christy’s in A Satisfying Way.

It ‘sweeney’s TELL TO TELL WOW MUCH AS A MAGA HORCRUX (and the Degree to Which Her Own Politics will or do not lean right) Christy is bon to style easy narratives. ITH’S NOT A MOVIE THAT ATTEMPTS TO HID ITS TITLE CHARACTER’S Complicated Sexuality, and the Filmmakers Makes Noes About Jim’s Abuse Being Rooted in a Controlling Misogyny and Homophobia.

This all exists in a hugely Crowd-Pleasing Package. The Toronto audience cheered, gasped, laughed, and cried. They gave the real-life Christy Salters an Extended Standing Ovation, and They Applauded Her Little Dog.

The movie Gets off to an admittedly shaky start-you will absolutely spend the first 20 minutes think of not the wigs they’ve placed atop Sweeney and her co-stars. (Poor Meritt Wever, Playing Christy’s Small Minded Mother, Is Stuck Wearing The Homophobic-Aunt Wig Melissa McCarthy Spy.) But the movie finds it footing the most iteney in the driver’s seat. It ‘s Star Vehicle that aims to do for Sweeney what behemoth Did for Charlize Theron or I, Tonya Did for Margot Robbie.

Whether that actually happy is another story. The film is being produced by Black Bear, A Film Financing Company Getting Into The Distribution Game for the First Time with Christy. They Currently Hold International Distribution Rights, while a deal for US Rights hasn’t been ost An Oscar Nomination Might Feel Like a Surring movie Were in the Hands of a Seasoned Awards Campaigner Like Focus or Searchlight – OR, Honestly, Netflix; I Bemoan the Fate of Strong Theatrical Features that get swallowed by up by netflix as anyone, but they already have a Christy Martin Documentary on their platform, and they know how to get actors nominated. A Smart Campaign Could Absolutely Gain Traction for this performance. Academy voters love biopics, boxing, and stories of resiliance. They Also love when an Actress Known for Her Beauty Takes on a More Hard-Boiled Persons. The Movie Eve Name-Checks Million Dollar Baby at one point – the path of ahead is clear.