Street Fight
Argot Pictures | Release Date: February 22, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
85
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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100
The New YorkerDavid Denby
In brief, Marshall Curry, the young director of Street Fight, has hit the documentary jackpot: the movie will become the inescapable referent for media coverage of the new campaign. And rightly so. Read full review
91
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
As one of Booker's supporters notes, it's a sad day when academic success is used to denigrate an African-American. Read full review
90
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
This is classical activist filmmaking of the first order, a movie with the power to turn hearts, change minds and, just maybe, right the wayward course of an entire city. Read full review
90
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
It's an electrifying, suspenseful film, full of street-level political drama. Read full review
88
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
It's a fascinating film, simultaneously enthralling, infuriating and guaranteed to make viewers ask how such a perversion of the political process could be taking place in America. Read full review
88
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Whether or not Street Fight wins the Academy Award Sunday night, Curry's picture is must-see fare for any and every observer of the curious world of American politics. Read full review
80
VarietyJohn Anderson
Curry's courage in the face of police harassment and what seems a very real threat of something worse is amazing. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
The story that first-time feature filmmaker Curry tells is extremely compelling, but where he really scores is in addressing politics and race in a way that allows events to speak for themselves. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Newark Mayor Sharpe James is the kind of politician that Tony Soprano would be happy to own. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeSam Allis
Properly told, political underdog stories are as compelling as pratfalls from banana peels are funny. Each is timeless and carries an integrity impervious to cynicism. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Although the film has a righteous heart, by focusing solely on government as showbiz, it's part of what it decries. Curry makes uproarious hay with the illegal shenanigans of incumbent mayor Sharpe James, but is that all there is? That said, Street Fight has enough cultural crosscurrents to fill out a novel. Read full review
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