All She Can
Maya Entertainment | Release Date: July 29, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
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Mixed or average reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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2
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0
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75
San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliSep 15, 2011
Because Benavides is a south Texas town, the screenplay touches inevitably on the flow of immigrants at the border - and resentment at their presence. But All She Can puts a new face on this resentment, highlighting the frustration of legal Mexican Americans. Read full review
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Slant MagazineDiego SemereneJul 26, 2011
The unconventional choice of extra-curricular activity for Luz sheds light onto the strange sport of powerlifting, in which teen girls are constantly weighed and sometimes told that they have 40 minutes to get three pounds off their bodies so they can compete. Read full review
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Village VoiceAndrew SchenkerJul 26, 2011
The film proves that closely sketched specificity can trump pedestrian plotting. At least, that is, until steroids rears its ugly and inevitable head and the film veers into morality play and, finally, inspirational uplift. Read full review
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The New York TimesRachel SaltzJul 28, 2011
Worse, you never root for Ms. Calderon's Luz, who goes from sullen to more sullen to a bit less sullen. She has discipline - to lift, she has to keep her weight down and train constantly - but not much compassion and no joy. Read full review
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