‘The Bronze’ with Melissa Rauch Gets a 2016 Release Date

Melissa Rauch in The Bronze
Melissa Rauch in ‘The Bronze.’ (Photo Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)

Sony Picture Classics has set a March 18, 2016 limited theatrical release date for The Bronze, co-written and starring The Big Bang Theory‘s Melissa Rauch. Melissa and her husband, Winston Rauch, wrote the film and Bryan Buckley directed. The cast also includes Thomas Middleditch, Sebastian Stan, Gary Cole, Haley Lu Richardson, and Cecily Strong.

The Bronze made its debut at this year’s Sundance Film Festival where, judging by its score on RottenTomatoes.com, critics were less than thrilled with the dramedy.

The Bronze Plot:

A decade ago, Hope Ann Greggory (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. Still living in her dad Stan’s (Cole) basement, still sporting her daily uniform of a Team USA gym suit with teeny-bopper bangs, ponytail and scrunchie, she spends her days at the mall milking her minor celebrity for free food and favors.

Hope’s routine is upended when she learns that she must coach Amherst’s newest gymnastics prodigy Maggie (Richardson) in order to receive a sizeable financial inheritance. The hard-edged yet insecure Hope is faced with a serious dilemma: does she jeopardize her “hometown hero” status by devotedly training this rising star to achieve the dreams she never could? Or does she attempt to sabotage the impressionable Maggie to ensure that she remains the one and only star in Amherst?