- Format: NTSC
- Language: English, Spanish
- Number of tapes: 1
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- Studio: Columbia/Tristar Vid
- VHS Release Date: Sep 4 2001
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00003CXNX
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#19,761 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
- #43 in Video > Drama > Family Life > Fathers & Daughters
- #86 in Video > Drama > Sports
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First-time director Karyn Kusama tells a simple but compelling story of a young woman in Brooklyn whose violent impulses in school, and her tendency to physicalize her anger, lead her to train as a boxer. Her trainer at first puts her off, but the combination of her desire and her physical prowess changes his mind. As played by Michelle Rodriguez, Diane is a scowling lightning rod for sudden violence who discovers that she can find a sense of personal grace in boxing--in the training and in the honing of skills--that seems to spill over into her daily life, despite the disapproval of an abusive father. Kusama isn't telling a new story here, but she tells a familiar one with a sense of passion and pride in the uncharted territory this represents for women. Though a romantic subplot seems almost tacked on as an afterthought--Diane must box the boy she loves--Girlfight is engaging and even touching. -Marshall Fine
Amazon.ca
Grand Prix des festivals de Sundance et de Deauville en plus d’avoir été sélectionné par la Quinzaine des réalisateurs à Cannes, Girlfight, écrit et réalisé par Karyn Kusama, est un premier pas plus qu’encourageant dans le monde du cinéma pour cette jeune réalisatrice.
Diana, jeune femme d’origine latino-américaine qui éprouve des difficultés scolaires, vit avec son père et son frère à Brooklyn. Afin d’extérioriser son agressivité et d’échapper à sa situation précaire, elle se lance dans la boxe. Ce n’est qu’à force de détermination et de courage qu’elle finira par se faire respecter dans ce milieu masculin et éminemment macho.
Sorte de Raging Bull au féminin, Girlfight est un premier film remarquable, une œuvre audacieuse et puissante où la vie est envisagée comme un combat de boxe. Celui qui s’imposera sur le ring s’imposera aussi en dehors, mais uniquement au prix du sang, de la sueur et des larmes. Un montage et une bande sonore très dynamiques et des mouvements de caméra rapides et intenses viennent renforcer cette ambiance percutante. Soutenu par une jeune actrice à surveiller, Michelle Rodriguez, qui insuffle une vitalité étonnante à l’ensemble, et par un scénario assez fin, Girlfight est un film coup de poing, original et intelligent, qui met beaucoup de préjugés K.-O. sur son passage. --Helen Faradji
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
KOs Rocky (in my book),
By elvistcob@lvcm.com (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Girlfight (VHS Tape)
OK, so "Rocky I" wasn't so bad (in my book). The big lug had his challenges in and out of the ring to overcome. But that movie shot for the big time, the big crowds, and the big excitement. Not bad, but after hearing that pep rally theme song a million times over the last 300 years, it's become more of a cartoon character than what it probably was originally intended to be. Thirty five sequels with exactly the same plot doesn't help this point of view. No such problems with "GirlFight". This is a much smaller film about boxing where, as much as "Rocky" came from a less than desirable background, he doesn't have as many problems as Diana, the lead character has. While Rocky won the lottery to fight Apollo Creed, which makes him the Willie Wonka of boxing, Diana is never going to get such a break. One of the magical things about the film is that Diana recognizes she has the small problem of getting into fights in high school. After her fourth scuffle in a semester, and the threat of expulsion, she's smart enough to realize that she needs an outlet, which she finds at the local gym that her brother is involved in. The brother is forced to take boxing lessons from her father, who wouldn't dream of letting a girl into the sport. That Diana steals and connives her way into the gym doesn't make her an outstanding person, but it is a gritty portrayal of a person's determination to try and accomplish something. I live in Las Vegas, and have seen that there are growing opportunities in the world of female boxing. But that path was not so clear three or four years ago, when the movie was written. So I'll go with the plot situations that need her to fight males, or not fight at all. But while most movies would have some plot gimmick to occur in the ring, this movie just has her slugging it out. It pulls no punches (pun intended) to show that she has to fight for everything tooth and nail in the ring as much as she has to in life. My daughter is in gymnastics, a sport in image as far away from boxing as it gets. But, although the movie has a lot of rough language, I've shown it to her as inspiration to see how obstacles in life have to be overcome as well as those in just the sport. I think she's learned to appreciate things a little more after the viewing (in my book).
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good idea but weak story,
By "georgiegirlnyc" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Girlfight (Widescreen) (DVD)
Girlfight is a pretty good movie, actually an excellent idea, but the story line was a little weak, both unbelievable and predictable. I highly recommend the documentary SHADOW BOXERS which is about real female boxers, a beautifully crafted and inspirationalm film See both films back to back!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Best of the three women's boxing movies I've seen..,
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This review is from: Girlfight (Widescreen) (DVD)
Out of "The Opponent" and "Knockout," Girlfight was probably the best of the thre movies. The other two had more of a fight babe effect than an actual movie about a femal boxer. The acting and script is much better in this film as well. The boxing, however, is not quite there in all three movies though. Moves were kinda sloppy with all the dropped hands and rabbit punches. Someone definitely needs to train these girls more if they want to see more like legitimate boxers on the silver screen. But as a dramatic movie, Girlfight wins in the entertainment factor. Well, as some said, it does get weak towards the end of the movie. I was kinda left bewildered as to what direction they were trying to go at the end so I was left a bit unsatisfied. But I think the first 3/4 of the movie is strong enough to entertain someone that they'd still like to see movie despite the ending.
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