Girlfight | | Cast : | Michelle Rodriguez, Jaime Tirelli, Santiago Douglas | | Director : | Karyn Kusama | | Studio : | Columbia Tri-Star | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | January 01, 2000 | | DVD Released Date : | March 01, 2005 | | Language : | Unknown (Dubbed), English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | January 05, 2005 | | Summary | PROVE THEM WRONG | Content
 | Prove them wrong. Three short simple words punctuate this Girlfights tagline. Three words that have the effect of a boxing combination even Rocky would be proud of delivering. Prove them wrong, three words that the films protagonist has to live by because everyone and everything seems to be working against her.
Girlfight is the story of a quick-tempered young woman who finds discipline, self-respect and love in the boxing ring. One day, after just having a fight in school, and being warned that she better get her act together or else, she goes to the gym to pick up her brother. After a sparring partner sucker punches her brother, she attacks the boxer. Once Diana decides she wants to become a boxer her priorities are forced into focus as she begins a grueling training regimen in the same gym her brother trains in. Along the way she falls in love with a talented amateur in the same gym.
We are inundated with Hollywood pictures. The money shot, the big budget, the big names. Sometimes with all of that you get a big zero. Then there are the independents. The films that are made with little money, with talented, but not yet famous people, sometimes you get zero here as well. Not this time. Girlfight is one of those small indie pictures that packs a wallop.
Newcomer Michelle Rodriguez is brilliantly enigmatic as the troubled Diana. We can see the adolescent angst in her, and believe her motivations when she wants something more, when she wants to learn to box. Rodriguez not only is able to play the hard edged side to Diana, but the softer, more vulnerable side as well. I hope to see a lot more of her in the near future.
The film won many awards at Sundance, and happened to do well considering that most of the two months it was out, it was only in limited release at less than 100 theatres. Please don't be confused by the title. This is not a soft core piece of fluff, nor is it a film for girls.
This is a film for everyone. |
| Rating | | | Date | November 30, 2003 | | Summary | inspiring | Content
| Michelle rodriguez is utterly convincing in this role. Great underdog movie! |
| Rating | | | Date | October 29, 2003 | | Summary | wow... | Content
| I saw this movie in my english class at a community college and I was amazed with Michelle Rodriguez's performance. She is a really great actress. She played her character as a woman boxer really well. She showed great potiental in this movie. This movie made me a big fan of hers now. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 29, 2003 | | Summary | A Great Movie! | Content
| This movie is definitely a must-see! It's about time a movie came out with real, solid content, without the "buttered-up" story-lines the movie industry puts out now a days. Gives way to the idea of "never giving up"... no cheese involved. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 23, 2003 | | Summary | GirlFight | Content
| I think the movie girlfight was an awesome movie.Diania is getting her life on the right track she is also using boxing to control her anger. And When she starts getting good at boxing she mets Adrian. who she is in love with. Then at a party Diana sees Adrian with another girl which hurts. Then she needs to fight the guy she loves in the ring to see if the fight ruins their relationship see GIRLFIGHT. |
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