Sydney Sweeney seems to be everywhere these days, with several projects on the 2025 movie calendar , not to mention the highly anticipated Euphoria Season 3 . Some are thinking she might even ride this wave all the way to the Academy Awards with her new sports biopic Christy , which depicts the rise of boxer Christy Martin. Critics saw the movie ahead of its release, and while some think Sweeney delivers a “knockout” Oscar-worthy performance, others aren’t convinced.

Christy takes audiences through a pivotal stretch of Christy Martin’s life and career, during which she lived closeted and in an abusive marriage. Ben Foster co-stars as her coach and husband Jim Martin. Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle lauds Sydney Sweeney for giving “the knockout performance of her

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