Movie review: Emma Stone and Steve Carell serve up surprising 'Battle of the Sexes'
by By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Sep 21, 2017
3 minutes
Two battles, not one, share the spotlight in the enjoyable and entertaining "Battle of the Sexes," one you expect and one you do not. And it's the unexpected one that makes all the difference.
The part that's expected is the film's front and center subject, the ostentatious 1973 tennis exhibition between women's champion Billie Jean King and cheeky gadfly Bobby Riggs.
The event drew 30,000 to the Houston Astrodome, was viewed by the biggest TV audience since the moon landing and is now considered a landmark in gaining respect for women's sports in
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