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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Maya Entertainment
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Maya Entertainment
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary In a small Texas town, there aren't many career options for young people besides oil rigs, the military, or fast food restaurants. Luz Garcia, a fiery high school athlete, is determined to forge a different future: she's gained admission to the University of Texas at Austin. The problem is she can't afford to go. With her one shot at a s...

Directed By: Amy Wendel

Written By: Daniel Meisel, Amy Wendel

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Maya Entertainment
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Maya Entertainment
  • 1 h 35 m

All She Can

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Summary In a small Texas town, there aren't many career options for young people besides oil rigs, the military, or fast food restaurants. Luz Garcia, a fiery high school athlete, is determined to forge a different future: she's gained admission to the University of Texas at Austin. The problem is she can't afford to go. With her one shot at a s...

Directed By: Amy Wendel

Written By: Daniel Meisel, Amy Wendel

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75
Sep 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.
By Amy Biancolli FULL REVIEW
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Jul 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.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW
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Jul 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.
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Jul 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.
By Rachel Saltz FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Kapok Pictures LLC, SDB
Release Date Jul 29, 2011
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Limits are for those who have them.
Website http://www.benavidesborn.com/
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Awards

Nantucket Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Imagen Foundation Awards
• 1 Nomination

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