Girlfight (2000)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Karyn Kusama

Writer:

Karyn Kusama (written by)

Release Date:

23 November 2000 (Australia)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Prove them wrong

Plot:

Diana, without her father knowing it, trains as a boxer and achieves impressive success, blazing new trails for female boxers.

Plot Keywords:

Boxing | Female Athlete | Female Boxer | Female Boxing | Breakthrough Hero

Awards:

15 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Michelle Rodriguez	...	Diana Guzman
Jaime Tirelli	...	Hector Soto
Paul Calderon	...	Sandro Guzman
Santiago Douglas	...	Adrian Sturges
Ray Santiago	...	Tiny Guzman
Víctor Sierra	...	Ray Cortez
Elisa Bocanegra	...	Marisol
Shannon Walker Williams	...	Veronica
Louis Guss	...	Don
Herb Lovelle	...	Cal
Thomas Barbour	...	Ira
Graciella Ortiz	...	Female Student
John-Peter Linton	...	Mr. Price (as J.P. Linton)
Iris Little Thomas	...	Ms. Martinez
Dadi Pinero	...	Edward

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Canada:14A (video rating) | France:U | Germany:6 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #37440)

Company:

Green/Renzi

Trivia:

Michelle Rodriguez trained for two months before the 30-day shoot began. She was also chosen over 300 other women to be cast in the film. It was her first audition.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the girls are lined up to do chin-ups, the girl in the purple shirt changes from being in front of Diana to behind her.

Quotes:

Hector: You should start roadwork. Run three miles, four times a week.
Diana Guzman: Three miles? You gotta be kidding me.
Hector: At least three. At this rate, you wouldn't last one round in the ring.
Diana Guzman: But I got power, you said so.
Hector: Big deal! You got the endurance of a corpse.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2001) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Fried Neck Bones and Some Home Fries

An Emotional and great performance by a very undderated actress

I first saw Michelle Rodriguez in The Fast and The Furious, and was sad that her character wasnt given more to work with because it was a role that could have been a great addition to the film.

Just recently I saw her Girlfight which was the role that started and has so far highlighted her career. And to be honest I found it to be one of the best movies I have seen in the last couple years.

The movie is about a girl named Diana played by rodriguez who has alot of pent up anger about herself and her mother's death. So her life at school is spent mostly by getting into fights, but that all changes when she visits her brother at a local boxing facility.

Soon its her and not her brother being the one trained, and through boxing she finds a way to release her anger, and find something to concentrate on. One of the things I found that I loved about the movie was that at the end not all of her problems were taken care of, just some of them. And her dreams are not realized but just taken a step further which is all she really wants.

But most of all it was Michelle's performance that made this movie the experience it is. Her character is REAL, and people aspiring to be actresses should watch her movie for pointers. She imbues her with the rage, and the full range of emotions that she shows through every scene. So watch it and love it 10/10