Play It to the Bone

1999 Comedy Drama

After covering baseball in Bull Durham, basketball in White Men Can't Jump. and golf in Tin Cup, writer, director, and obvious sports fan Ron Shelton takes on the world of boxing in this comedy. Vince Boudreau (Woody Harrelson) and Cesar Sota (Antonio Banderas) are close friends and aspiring boxers struggling on the lowest rungs of the fight game. When a major boxing promoter needs to fill out the card for a heavyweight bout in Las Vegas, Vince and Cesar both get the call to head out to Sin City. But the excitement sours when they realize that there's a small problem: the promoter's schedule has the two pals fighting each other. Play It to the Bone also features Lolita Davidovich, Lucy Liu, Tom Sizemore, and Robert Wagner.

Director: Ron Shelton

Starring: Woody Harrelson,Antonio Banderas, Lolita Davidovich, Lucy Liu, Tom Sizemore

Reviews

  • Either Shelton knows this world well, or he's such a great bluffer it doesn't matter.

    Mick LaSalle - The San Francisco Chronicle

    26 April 2013

  • Another invigorating, extremely raunchy sports movie from Ron Shelton .

    Staff [Not Credited] - USA Today

    26 April 2013

  • Fghting your heart out at the end of this movie can't win the prize or the crowd.

    Michael Wilmington - The Chicago Tribune

    26 April 2013

  • A boxing film with no conflictual punch.

    Owen Gleiberman - Entertainment Weekly

    26 April 2013

  • (Shelton) knows how to write pungent dialogue that covers a multitude of sins when the film goes off the rails.

    Peter Travers - Rolling Stone

    26 April 2013

Awards

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