The Bronze

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The Bronze is an adult comedy directed by Bryan Buckley. The Big Bang Theory’s Melissa Rauch wrote the screenplay with her husband Winston and also stars in the film alongside Gary Cole, Thomas Middleditch, Sebastian Stan, Cecily Strong, and Haley Lu Richardson.

A decade ago, Hope Ann Greggory (Melissa Rauch) was America’s sweetheart. Her inspired performance on a ruptured Achilles at the world’s most prestigious gymnastics tournament clinched an unlikely bronze medal for the U.S. team and brought glory to her hometown of Amherst, Ohio. But in the years since that epic third place victory, Hope hasn’t done a whole lot with her life. Hope’s routine is upended when she learns that she must coach Amherst’s newest gymnastics prodigy Maggie (Haley Lu Richardson) in order to receive a sizeable financial inheritance.

Speaking about her inspiration for the script, Rauch explains “To us, the best comedies come out of characters that don’t pander to an audience by striving for likeability as their primary concern. What’s more interesting are the facades we put up over our vulnerabilities, because everyone has their flaws, everyone is struggling with something. Some people just hide it better than others.”

The Bronze is rated 18A.