Play It to the Bone (2000)
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12% of critics liked it
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29% of users liked it
(10,180 ratings)
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… More 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. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ron Shelton
- Written By
- Ron Shelton
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Dec 24, 1999 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Tom Keogh, Film.com
This is still Ron Shelton in good -- not great, but good -- form here, and the rewards are plentiful.
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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Lacks the pizazz of Shelton's best stuff.
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Jay Carr, Boston Globe
Play It to the Bone isn't going to be a contender.
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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
By the end, the fight means everything to them and virtually nothing to us.
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Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
...Shelton's second-best idea for a boxing movie.
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Cast
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Antonio Banderas
as Cesar Dominguez
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Woody Harrelson
as Vince Boudreau
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Lolita Davidovich
as Grace Pasic
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Tom Sizemore
as Joe Domino
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Lucy Liu
as Lia
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Robert Wagner
as Hank Goody
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Richard Masur
as Artie
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Willie Garson
as Cappie Caplan
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Cylk Cozart
as Rudy
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Jack Carter
as Dante
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Jim Lampley
as Himself
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George Foreman
as himself
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Larry Merchant
as himself
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Darrell Foster
as himself
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Steve Lawrence
as Himself
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Mitch Halpern
as himself
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Chuck Hull
as himself
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Buddy Greco
as himself
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Kevin Costner
as himself
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James Woods
as himself
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Mike Tyson
as himself
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Rod Stewart
as himself
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Gennifer Flowers
as herself
- Tony Curtis
- Aida Turturro
