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Street Fight
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Universal acclaim
Based on 11 critic reviews
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Based on 6 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Documentary
Written by:
Directed by: Marshall Curry
Release Date:
Theatrical: February 22, 2006
DVD: January 9, 2007
Running Time: 83 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
This documentary chronicles the bare-knuckles race for Mayor of Newark, N.J. between Cory Booker, a 32-year-old Rhodes Scholar/Yale Law School grad, and Sharpe James, the four-term incumbent and undisputed champion of New Jersey politics. (Marshall Curry Productions)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
The New Yorker David 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 >Christian Science Monitor Peter 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 >LA Weekly Scott 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 >Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
It's an electrifying, suspenseful film, full of street-level political drama.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Steven 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 >TV Guide Ken 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 >Variety John 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 >Los Angeles Times Kevin 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 >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Newark Mayor Sharpe James is the kind of politician that Tony Soprano would be happy to own.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Sam 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 >Village Voice Michael 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 >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.8 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Marc K. gave it a7:
Enjoyable, interesting, entertaining. A bit on the short side though. When Cory Booker becomes governor of NJ or a Senator of the United States, this film is going to get another look.
Mark J. gave it a9:
A highly inspiring political documentary, which focuses on the mayoral election in Newark. The events of this race allow Curry to address issues of race, poverty and political spin whilst documenting two fascinatingly opposite candidates. Sharpe James plays the joker to Cory Bookers' Batman and you can't help being drawn in to what feels like a battle of truth over lies, honesty over deciept, and good over evil. Fast, thrilling, engrossing, a must see!
[Anonymous] gave it an8:
Excellent documentary, fast paced, straightforward and totally convincing.
