Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) Aug 13, 2021 3.5/5

[A] bruising biopic...

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Sarah Brinks Battleship Pretension Dec 15, 2020

Chuck is a solid addition to the boxing movie subgenre. It, of course, borrows some imagery and tropes from previous films but it tells a complete and compelling story...

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Leigh Monson Substream Magazine Sep 24, 2020 4/5

Chuck exists on the other side of a coin, showing the dark reality of Rocky's idealized fantasy. That alone is enough reason to pay attention to the tragedy of Chuck Wegner.

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Dan Scully Cinema76 Mar 26, 2020

Chuck paints a picture of a truly relatable, human protagonist, one whose ability to own his flaws and work to make amends makes him much more engaging than any at the center of a more classically designed biopic.

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Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Oct 12, 2018 7/10

There are lessons to be learned and we do so with [Chuck] while enjoying the chaos for laughs.

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Al Hoff Pittsburgh City Paper Dec 19, 2017

... if you like little oddball slices of (mostly) forgotten history and don't mind a shaggy story, this is a smallish, fun movie.

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Robert Kojder Flickering Myth Dec 5, 2017 2/5

From a general outline, the story here is fascinating and worth telling (especially on the big screen), but the journey of Chuck is full of bumps, bruises, and bleeding

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Michael A. Smith MediaMikes Oct 29, 2017 3.5/5

Schreiber is outstanding as the title character, but he also has a great supporting cast.

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Vincent Mancini FilmDrunk Oct 16, 2017 B-

The acting saves Chuck from being just the umpteenth white boxer biopic, but we're fast approaching the copy-of-a-copy-of-a-copy stage of this genre.

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M. Faust The Public (Buffalo) Sep 8, 2017

What makes the film work at all is Schreiber, one of those actors who is watchable doing just about anything, even if he does it in an ugly pornstache and an uglier plaid overcoat.

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Robert Denerstein Denerstein Unleashed Aug 30, 2017

So, a reserved endorsement for Chuck. Like its main character, the movie stumbles and lumbers, but manages to survive.

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Diane Carson KDHX (St. Louis) Aug 30, 2017

Chuck is a good movie about a noteworthy boxer because it shows his equally, if not more difficult battles out of the ring.

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Matthew Turner VODzilla.co Aug 26, 2017 8.5/10

If there's any justice, Schreiber will find himself in next year's Best Actor race for his performance here, as he completely inhabits the role.

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Clint O'Connor Akron Beacon Journal Aug 11, 2017

Chuck is an interesting character study, and thanks to Schreiber's self-deprecating narration and blunt confessionals, we feel for Wepner and his struggles.

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Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Jun 2, 2017 86/100

Yet you root for this movie the same way you might have rooted for Wepner. It's not a contender by any stretch of the imagination, but it has a certain tough, hard-earned nobility.

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Sean K. Cureton Film Inquiry May 30, 2017

Chuck is a more than a worthwhile footnote to the continuing cultural significance still enjoyed by Rocky.

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Ron Wilkinson It's Just Movies May 27, 2017 8/10

Moss and Schreiber produce what may be the best performances of their careers to make this film work.

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Mark Sommer Buffalo News May 25, 2017 3/4

Chuck takes a lot of punches, but it lands some good ones, too.

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Christian Toto HollywoodInToto.com May 25, 2017 3/4

We don't need another formulaic boxing biopic. Good thing Chuck TKOs the genre mold.

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Steve Persall Tampa Bay Times May 23, 2017 B

Like Wepner's favorite movie, Chuck is a requiem for a heavyweight, a palooka with nothing left but pride.

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