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"Battle of the Sexes": The film manages to fall short by both trying too hard and not trying hard enough. The production from directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris that looks at the 1973 exhibition tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs gets distracted from the massive political and social implications of the exhibition by focusing so much time and energy on King's sexual awakening. At the same time, it brushes over the story of Riggs who was far more than just a tennis court jester and deserved far more attention in this tale. It's the failing of the script by Simon Beaufoy ("Slumdog Millionaire") that creates the major flaws in the production.