Girlfight
566
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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"A powerful and empathetic melodrama with feminist underpinnings" | ||||
"Refreshing and surprising, the way independent movies are supposed to be." " |
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"A strong, stinging film, alive with conflicts that defy glib resolutions." | ||||
"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" | ||||
"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." | ||||
"Uplifting and moving in a traditional Hollywood way, while also seeming as raw and unfiltered as cinema vérité." |
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