The Christy trailer is here and we have to talk about these hilarious wigs

The trailer for Christy, the Sydney Sweeney-starring biopic about lesbian former professional boxer Christy Martin, hit the internet today. And while IMDb's homepage may be crowing about the alleged "Oscar buzz" Sweeney is generating after the film's Toronto Film Festival premiere, we're more concerned about the lewks happening throughout these clips.

More specifically: The hair. The wigs. The pieces. It's, um, not good.

Wigs are always a challenge to get right, but when you combine them with already dicey '90s hairstyles and the need to show a span of over a decade, apparently everything just gets even worse. Let's take a look at these things, ranked from mildly absurd to most ridiculous.

1. The Curly Mop

This is such a quintessential early '90s hairstyle it's painful. This one kind of looks more passable than most, at least in some shots, even if it's ridiculous as a hairstyle alone.

2. The Mad Scientist

There was no winning with this one. Not great, but there are worse to come...

3. The Blonde

Considering this is the closest to Sweeney's actual hair, it's almost uncanny how strange it looks. Just flat and lifeless and like there's a whole rake sitting in over her forehead as bangs.

4. The Gone Gray

They did Merritt Wever so dirty here. You could buy this at a Halloween store for your Albert Einstein costume.

5. The Comb Over Helmet

The number of times I had to watch this before even realizing this was Ben Foster is embarrassing. Maybe, in that sense, this terrible hair did its job.

6. The Mullet

I want to rank this first so badly. It's like someone put a Karen wig on her and turned it backwards.

7. The Cornrows

Is there anything to be said here?

Yes, I’m afraid we must.

Let’s set the cornrows of it all aside for a second and focus on how it looks more like a swim cap with fringe. The wig front is harder than being Sweeney’s publicist in 2025. Is it a hat? Maybe it’s a hat. Please God, let it be a hat.

Editor’s note: Omitted from this list is Katy O’Brian’s wig, because she is perfect and can do no wrong, no matter what is happening past her hairline.

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