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Street Fight
Metascore
85 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: David Denby
    100
    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.
  2. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    91
    As one of Booker's supporters notes, it's a sad day when academic success is used to denigrate an African-American.
  3. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    90
    It's an electrifying, suspenseful film, full of street-level political drama.
  4. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    90
    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.
  5. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    88
    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.
  6. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    88
    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.
  7. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Crust
    80
    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.
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    80
    Curry's courage in the face of police harassment and what seems a very real threat of something worse is amazing.
  9. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    75
    Newark Mayor Sharpe James is the kind of politician that Tony Soprano would be happy to own.
  10. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Sam Allis
    75
    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.
  11. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    70
    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.
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User Score
8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. MarcK.
    7
    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.… Full Review »
  2. MarkJ.
    9
    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!… Full Review »
  3. [Anonymous]
    8
    Excellent documentary, fast paced, straightforward and totally convincing.
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