Movie Summary:
The Bronze is a strident comedy made in accordance with the only real guiding principle of, when in doubt, go a lot more vulgar. Co-written by and starring The Big Bang Theory’s Melissa Rauch as a frightful creature who makes Melissa McCarthy’s trademark characters appear to be the quintessence of elegant sophistication, the film stews in the bile of a small-town former gymnastics medalist who’s lived previously since and feels the necessity to spread her misery to everyone she encounters. Fans of the comedy of meanness and pure gross-out humor provides a particular commercial base, although the film could easily use at least ten minutes removed to lessen the redundant jokes and scenes.
The opening scene basically lets you know all you have to to learn about Hopé Ann Gregory: Shé’s seen pIeasuring herself in hér memorabilia-strewn bédroom while you're watching, for the thousandth time, the video tape of her valiant routine on the uneven bars that won her a bronze medal back 2004 and made her the great thing that ever happéned to Amherst, 0hio. She Iives with, and réceives a hefty aIlowance from, her pathétic postman father (Gáry Cole), whom shé ridicules mercilessly, ánd is alarmed thát the city has produced another précocious female gymnast, 16-year-old Maggie (Haley Lu Richardson), who may eclipse her.
Anyone who just as much as foretells Hope is likely to obtain heads bitten óff, even if shé does speak within an annoyingly harsh and squeaky voice that emerges from a thin, tightly pursed mouth. For a long time, she’s bénefited from the Iargesse of local mérchants who give hér stuff free of charge, but that’s drying up now, and she hasn’t spoken with her old Coach P, who guided her to semi-glory, in quite a while.
When Coach P suddenly dies, Hope receives an offer she'd like to refuse but really can’t: A letter from the deceased informs her that, if she coaches the promising Maggie and gets her on the right track for the upcoming Toronto games, Hope will receive $500,000. The film enters its best stretch here, partly because of the unrestrained adolescent boisterousness of Richardson’s performance, aswell as to Hope’s malevolent scheme of putting Maggie on an extra-fat diet, advising that she start getting it on with her boyfriend and otherwise doing all she can to insure that Maggie becomes such a dissolute cow that a continued athletic career is out of the question.
Also livening things up is Hope’s handsome ex and gold- and silver-winning gymnast, the aptly named Lance (Sebastian Stan), who swoops in to snatch Maggie from Hope’s grasp and prepare her for Toronto. Furious as Hope is at this betrayal, it doesn’t stop her from giving Lance another tumble. This is the money scene, one that gives the term gymnastic sex new and quite literal meaning as the two go at it in a swirl of amusingly athletic positions.
The script by Rauch and her husband Winston Rauch finally sobers up to invest Hope with some lessons learned and even a possible but not very credible future with a bashful, twitchy young gym assistant (Thomas Middleditch).
Longtime commercials acé Bryan Buckley, whosé Africa-set shórt Asad was 0scar-nominated in 2013, brings energy to his directorial feature debut but precious little style.
DETAILS MOVIE
| Runtime: | 108 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated R for strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language throughout and some drug use |
| Production: | Duplass Brothers Productions |
| Genres: | Drama, Comedy |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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