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| Directed by | David Michôd |
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| Story by | Katherine Fugate |
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| Edited by | Matt Villa |
| Music by | Antony Partos |
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| Distributed by | Black Bear Pictures |
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Running time | 135 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Christy is a 2025 American biographical sports drama film about the former professional boxer Christy Martin, who will be played by Sydney Sweeney. The film, directed by David Michôd and written by Michôd and Mirrah Foulkes, chronicles the boxing star's rise to becoming America's most well known female boxer in the 1990s, and later her husband's attempt to murder her in 2010.
It had its world premiere at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on September 5, 2025 in the Special Presentations section.[2] It is scheduled to be released theatrically on November 7, 2025, by Black Bear Pictures.[3]
In May 2024, it was announced that a biographical film about the former professional boxer Christy Martin was in production, with David Michôd set to direct, and a screenplay written by Michôd and Mirrah Foulkes.[4][5] The role of Martin is played by Sydney Sweeney.[4] Martin is involved in the making of the film.[4] Also in May 2024, it was announced that the film was being introduced to international buyers at the Marché du Film, at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.[6][4] The film was expected to begin principal photography in the fall of 2024.[4] In September 2024, it was announced that Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, Katy O'Brian, Ethan Embry, Jess Gabor, and Chad L. Coleman joined the cast.[7]
The film is produced by Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, David Michôd, Justin Lothrop, Brent Stiefel, Sydney Sweeney, and Teddy Schwarzman, and executive produced by Michael Heimler, John Friedberg, Mirrah Foulkes, Brad Zimmerman, David Levine, Ryan Schwartz, and Nick Shumaker.[4][5] Production companies involved with the film are Anonymous Content, Yoki, Inc., Votiv, Fifty-Fifty Films, and Black Bear Pictures.[4]
Principal photography had begun by September 30, 2024, in North Carolina. Filming was finished on November 15, 2024.[7] Antony Partos composed the score for the film.[8]
It had its world premiere at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on September 5, 2025.[1][9] Prior to its Toronto premiere, Black Bear Pictures was announced to be distributing the film through their U.S. division and scheduled it for November 7, 2025.[10]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 61% of 31 critics' reviews are positive.[11] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 57 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[12]
