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Girlfight

Drama 18 years old Diana has a chip on her shoulder; she's close to expulsion from high school for fighting, her mother is dead, her dad is surly, the popular girls at school set her teeth on edge, she knows men can cause pain. When she picks up her younger brother at a Brooklyn gym where he boxes to please his father, she decides she wants to train. Hector, a coach, reluctantly agrees to teach her. It's soon clear to him that Diana has ... [+]
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United States
Los Angeles Times
"A powerful and empathetic melodrama with feminist underpinnings"
United States
New York Post
"Refreshing and surprising, the way independent movies are supposed to be."
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United States
Rolling Stone
"A strong, stinging film, alive with conflicts that defy glib resolutions."
United States
Variety
"Blends in a most satisfying manner the conventions of several genres, resulting in a coherent picture that is at once a poignant inner-city drama, a rousing sports movie, an emotional family yarn and, above all, a sweet romance"
United States
SFGATE
"The movie belongs to Rodriguez: A gorgeous woman with a powerful body and the face of an Aztec princess, she's also a natural talent who instinctively understands the importance of economy in good acting." 
United States
New York Daily News
"Uplifting and moving in a traditional Hollywood way, while also seeming as raw and unfiltered as cinema vérité."
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