Editing Boxing Helena (section)

==Reception==
The film received largely negative reviews from critics upon release and was widely considered to be of poor quality,<ref>{{cite news|title= Review/Film: Boxing Helena; A Kinky, Macabre Tale Of Erotic Fascination|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 3, 1993|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/03/movies/review-film-boxing-helena-a-kinky-macabre-tale-of-erotic-fascination.html?scp=2&sq=boxing%20helena&st=cse|access-date=October 24, 2010|first=Janet|last=Maslin}}</ref> despite garnering praise at Sundance. {{RT prose|{{RT data|score}}|{{RT data|average}}|{{RT data|count}}|A disturbing concept marred by graceless execution, ''Boxing Helena'' is a psychosexual drama that proves more tedious than provocative.}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/boxing_helena/ | title=Boxing Helena | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | publisher=[[Fandango Media]] | access-date=November 1, 2022}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|26|14|ref=yes|access-date=January 29, 2024}} However, at least two major film critics thought the film had been unjustly maligned. ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' critic [[Gene Siskel]] was one of the few positive notices, giving the film three out of four stars.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/boxing-helena | title=Boxing Helena reviews | work=[[Metacritic]] | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | access-date=February 16, 2016}}</ref> Also positive was [[Janet Maslin]], who wrote in the ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' that "As it turns out, Ms. Lynch has both talent and a point. Her film is by no means the gory, exploitative quasi-pornography that it sounds like from afar."<ref>{{cite web|website=The New York Times|first=Janet|last=Maslin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/03/movies/review-film-boxing-helena-a-kinky-macabre-tale-of-erotic-fascination.html|title=Review/Film: Boxing Helena; A Kinky, Macabre Tale Of Erotic Fascination|date=September 3, 1993|accessdate=June 7, 2023}}</ref>

===Nominations and awards===
The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1993 [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000631/1993/1/|title=Sundance Film Festival (1993)|website=IMDb.com|access-date=May 30, 2022}}</ref> Lynch "won" a [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director]] at the [[14th Golden Raspberry Awards]] in 1994.