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Rize
Lions Gate Films Inc.
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for suggestive content, drug references, language and brief nudity
Rize reveals a groundbreaking dance phenomenon that's exploding on the streets of South Central, Los Angeles. Taking advantage of unprecedented access, this documentary film brings to first light a revolutionary form of artistic expression borne from oppression. (Lions Gate Entertainment)
| GENRE(S): |
Documentary
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| DIRECTED BY: |
David LaChapelle
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: October 25, 2005
Video: October 25, 2005
Theatrical: June 24, 2005
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| RUNNING TIME: |
84 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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90
New York Magazine
Ken Tucker
Stunning, explosively moving.

90
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Bursting with joy and throbbing with music, Rize has a tragic dimension too. When you see the clown cry, you'll be with him all the way.
88
New York Post
Kyle Smith
If the director had more gospel and less blues in him, it might have brought him closer to really understanding these talents. Still, I can't wait for "Rize 2: Electric Boogaloo."

88
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
There's a delicate balance here between expression and belligerence.

83
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
As long as it showcases the art of krump, underscoring the dancers with ominous hip-hop beats, Rize is such a vibrant eruption of motion and attitude that you can forgive the film for being disorganized and too skimpy on street-dance history.

80
Film Threat
Bob Westal
It's the speed and intensity that makes the dance style remarkable.

80
Dallas Observer
Luke Y. Thompson
Fashion photographer David LaChapelle expands upon his award-winning short film "Krumped," introducing us to the new dance forms popular in South Central Los Angeles via the charismatic "ghetto celebrity" known as Tommy the Clown.

80
LA Weekly
Ernest Hardy
The film soars when the camera is trained on its young subjects in action.

80
Variety
Robert Koehler
Eye-popping lensing and an appreciation of social complexities combine for an entirely satisfying experience.

80
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
José Cancella's original score complement the tremendous wit, vitality and sensuality of the dancers.

80
The Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden
Word-of-mouth should make it one of the best-performing nonfiction films of the year.

75
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
It's the pushiest film around - "in your face" is still in-your-face, even if the dancers are in white-face.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The most remarkable thing about Rize is that it is real.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
Riveting.

75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
The Clowns and the Krumpers have a rivalry that parallels the Bloods and the Crips battle for the neighbourhood, but fought out in moves, not bullets.

75
USA Today
Claudia Puig
A touching story of hope, vitality and art rising from the bleakest conditions.

75
Chicago Tribune
Sid Smith
A compelling, bittersweet hybrid of a movie.

75
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Exhilarating.

75
Miami Herald
Peter Debruge
The result is an eye-opening social portrait in the tradition of "Paris Is Burning," the landmark 1990 documentary that introduced drag balls and ''vogueing'' to the mainstream, but it lacks the earlier film's structure and focus.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Rize shows how clowning led to krumping, and argues that its practitioners' fierce dedication to dance has saved countless kids from drugs, crime and gangs.

75
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
There's no way to take your eyes off it.

70
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
Rize eventually gets a little preachy and sentimental, but a little sermonizing seems a small price to pay for such an industrial jolt of kinetic electricity.

70
Village Voice
Ed Halter
Highly entertaining but underdeveloped documentary.

70
Washington Post
Richard Harrington
Part valentine, part invitation to the dance.

70
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
Indeed, the movie sometimes has trouble living up to the richness of its subject, or keeping up with the dances' rapid spread and evolution.

70
Washington Post
Clare Croft
Worth seeing both for its visual beauty and its insight into a little-known form

67
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
With a running time of only 84 minutes, Rize frequently feels padded. However, there’s no denying the fascination of watching these bodies in motion, and perhaps the ascendency of a new, American-born art form.

60
Empire
Dorian Lynesky
For all its flaws, it's thrilling viewing whenever LaChapelle opts to show rather than tell.

50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bill White
Although entertaining, Rize is a somewhat duplicitous undertaking.

50
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
Emotionally charged but not entirely honest documentary.


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