After going down in the fifth round, Bud Gordon, a former welterweight champ, has retired early from boxing, but is unsatisfied living out of the limelight in New Jersey. And now Bud is forced to make a choice between friendship and ambition when he is framed for murder.
A familiar story of a struggling ex-boxer who winds up in bed with a mobster, Noah Buschel's Glass Chin tries to spin a 1930s B movie premise into a contemporary art film. And it almost works.
New York Daily News
June 25, 2015
Corey Stoll is the only reason to sit through this muddled Jersey-set drama.
Punchy dialogue, sharply drawn characters and excellent performances fuel "Glass Chin," an intimate drama that's set in the boxing world but is about so much more.
It's Crudup who steals every scene, whether he's waxing philosophical about the benefits of iCloud or blackmailing Bud with a charming, unsettling grin.