Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- raunchy
- irreverent
- abrasive
- casual movie night
- sports movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film energetically performed but too unpleasant and inconsistently funny to sustain its feature length.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Hope begins as an arrogant, financially dependent former medalist and is pushed into coaching Maggie.
Hope lives off her bronze-medalist celebrity while her athletic career and local prestige have faded.
Hope accepts the Olympic coaching challenge primarily to secure Pavleck's inheritance, then works with Maggie.
The film centers on Hope's mean-spirited conduct and sexually charged, irreverent comic situations.
Films like The Bronze, and why
Bridesmaids
abrasive female protagonist, raunchy humor, and an unlikely personal reinvention
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
sports-centered comedy with dysfunctional characters and an underdog training arc
Blades of Glory
crude small-town comedy driven by an immature protagonist and competitive ambition
Young Adult
biting humor, damaged adult characters, and a reluctant mentorship relationship
Movie Details
- Director
- Bryan Buckley
- Release Date
- 2016-01-22
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (406)
Cast
- Melissa Rauch
- Gary Cole
- Thomas Middleditch
- Sebastian Stan
- Cecily Strong
- Haley Lu Richardson
- Dale Raoul
- Craig Kilborn
- Dominique Dawes
- Olga Korbut
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Bronze about?
- A disgraced former gymnastics celebrity takes on an unwilling coaching job for a young prodigy, chasing an inheritance while confronting her own arrested development.
- What is The Bronze like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Bronze as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Bronze violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Bronze.
- What did critics think of The Bronze?
- Critics broadly found the film energetically performed but too unpleasant and inconsistently funny to sustain its feature length.
- Which films are like The Bronze?
- Films with a similar feel include Bridesmaids, DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, Blades of Glory, and Young Adult.
- How long is The Bronze?
- The Bronze runs 108 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Bronze?
- In United States, The Bronze is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand.
