
At 18, 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 talent; he pushes her. She spends time with another... (Full plot summary below)
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At 18, 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 talent; he pushes her. She spends time with another young fighter, Adrian, who has a girlfriend, but Diana intrigues him and stirs real feelings he tries to articulate. She, too, must accommodate her toughness and ironic detachment to her feelings for him.
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| SPLICEDWireRob BlackwelderA fervent, absorbing, near-flawless film experience, as a boxing movie Girlfight ranks with Raging Bull and kicks Rocky's ass. |
| TNT RoughCutJ. RentillyThe effect is as potent as a straight right to the solar plexus. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumWhile Rodriguez punches through the indie clutter to announce herself as a superb new movie talent, so Kusama scores big points in her first main event. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsBob BloomKusama's direction and Rodriguez's charisma overcome any flaws. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonKaryn Kusama has created in Diana a strong, dynamic, complex female character the likes of which we rarely see onscreen. |
| TV GuideMaitland McDonaghKusama's impressive feature debut is an affecting coming-of-age drama whose story is familiar without being hackneyed. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordGradually ... Kusama's screenplay and newcomer Rodriguez' performance win you over before you realize it because they're just so real. |
| New York ObserverAndrew SarrisFor once, the advance buzz has been amply justified, thanks to an extraordinarily charismatic film debut by a non-professional named Michelle Rodriguez. |
| New York TimesA.O. Scott[Rodriguez] looks a little like Marlon Brando in his smoldering prime, and she has some of his slow, intense physicality. She doesn't so much transcend gender as redefine it. |
| Salon.comCharles TaylorA little more flair and polish could have made Girlfight a terrific movie instead of just the decent one it is. |