Queen of the Ring

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Queen of the Ring

PG-13

2025

2h 10m

Biography

Drama

Sports

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An extraordinary, true-life tale that follows Mildred Burke, the legendary professional wrestler and single mom who defied incredible odds to become the first million-dollar female athlete and longest reigning champion at a time when the sport was banned across most of America.

Critics Consensus

Emily Bett Rickards is terrific in this straightforward sports biopic, which puts on a good show even if it only glancingly grapples with the surface of its true story.

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Mike McCahill

Guardian

Sep 15

3/5

Avildsen is prone to luxuriating in his own Americana -- the midsection is somewhat baggy -- and you sometimes sense the writing tiptoeing around the wrestling scene’s less salubrious aspects. The stronger stretches, though, display ample pluck and moxie.

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Scott Marks

San Diego Reader

03/26/2025

3/5

I took more from Avildsen’s commitment to his subject than I would from watching 10 big-budget celebrity biopics combined.

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Murtada Elfadl

Variety

03/11/2025

“Queen of the Ring” is more of a montage of the highlights of Burke’s illustrious life, rather than an entertaining film.

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Ruth Maramis

FlixChatter Film Blog

Sep 25

3.5/5

Rickards delivers a knockout performance as the trailblazing Mildred Burke. The disjointed storytelling and clunky dialogue kept this from being a great biopic, but Burke's story is inspiring and rousing nonetheless.

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

Sep 19

A rousing sporting drama whose evocative period feel and burnished cinematography belie the film’s modest indie budget.

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Tom Beasley

Voice Magazine

Sep 16

2/5

All of the sepia-toned cinematography and twangy guitar music in the world isn’t enough to help Queen of the Ring. Way before the end, I was ready to tap out.

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Josh

Jan 11

Worth a watch but historical elements were wrong.

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mark C

Jun 6

good acting from leads, tons of historical inaccuracies, terrible script.

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MARCO M

05/11/2025

Great movie to women wrestling history

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Iris N.

03/25/2025

Very good movie. Lead performance was excellent. Showed a sport I wasn't familiar with, especially which was not made readily available to women at that time. Good acting from the lead woman wrestler & the other woman wrestlers, some who appeared to be actual wrestlers. I learned a lot about how women were physically able to compete, even if smaller than their Mail counterparts.

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Michael T

03/20/2025

Not one dull moment in this movie. This story is amazing and it left me wanting more.

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Rogelio Valencia

03/20/2025

I loved this movie to all wrestling fans ❤️ go and watch it give it a chance 👍 I love muscle mommies

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Synopsis

An extraordinary, true-life tale that follows Mildred Burke, the legendary professional wrestler and single mom who defied incredible odds to become the first million-dollar female athlete and longest reigning champion at a time when the sport was banned across most of America.

Director: Ash Avildsen
Producer: Ash Avildsen, Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins, B.D. Gunnell
Screenwriter: Ash Avildsen
Distributor: SUMERIAN
Production Co: Intrinsic Value Films
Rating: PG-13 (Strong Language|Smoking|Domestic Violence|Suggestive Material|Violence)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sports
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 7, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 9, 2025
Runtime: 2h 10m