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Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critics What's this?

  • Summary: A documentary highlighting three young boxers from the mean streets of Brooklyn and their coach as they prepare for the 1997 Golden Gloves Tournament, giving equal attention to their experiences in and out of the ring.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. 100
    A sports documentary as gripping, in a different way, as "Hoop Dreams."
  2. Exceptional, powerful new documentary.
  3. 60
    The material is powerful--one boxer has been accused of a crime and the trial conflicts with a crucial competition--but much of it feels predigested, the themes inadvertently one-dimensional.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1

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