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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   3,971 votes
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Director:
F. Gary Gray
Writers (WGA):
Takashi Bufford (story)
Takashi Bufford (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
6 November 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Deal with this. The only breaks you get are the ones you take. more
Plot:
Four Black women, all of whom have suffered for lack of money and at the hands of the majority, undertake to rob banks... more | add synopsis
Awards:
5 wins & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
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Updated: Latest MPAA Ratings: Bulletin No: 2067
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very good but very sad too... more

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong graphic violence, pervasive language, some sex and drug use.; Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, some sex and drug use. (director's cut)
Runtime:
123 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | South Korea:18 | Philippines:X | UK:15 (new rating) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2008) | USA:R (certificate #45339) (director's cut) | Australia:MA | Canada:18A | France:-12 | Germany:16 (w) | Ireland:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Singapore:R(A)

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Trivia:
Kimberly Elise was discovered by producer Dale Pollock at a restaurant where she waitressed at the start of her career. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Numerous errors in gun visual/sound effects and operation. During the final bank shootout, Stony's gun runs out of ammunition (evidenced by the slide locking back). However, she continues to pull the trigger generating a "click click" sound. Modern semi-automatic pistols such as the Glock Stony is using do not return the trigger to a ready-to-fire position until the slide closes and another round is chambered. Therefore, it is impossible to generate several audible clicks with an empty weapon. more
Quotes:
Francesca 'Frankie' Sutton: [as Cleo grabs her breast, she pushes her away] Cleo! I done told you! I'm strictly-dickly.
Tisean 'T.T.' Williams: [speaking to Cleo] See now, I'm gonna tell Ursula.
Cleo: [makes fist and pretends to hit T.T] You ain't telling nobody!
Tisean 'T.T.' Williams: [laughs]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "NewsRadio: Complaint Box (#3.14)" (1997) more
Soundtrack:
I'll Be Missing You more

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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
very good but very sad too..., 24 April 2003
Author: whoTheFuqRyou from NYC

I thought this was great. I am not being biased because of the fact that F. Gary Gray directed this but this was actually a very good movie. There is so much in this movie that really made me feel bad for the female quartet of bank robbers: (1. Stony degrades herself in order to put her brother through college only to find out he didn't get in and to see him shot dead minutes later (2. T.T., a single mom gets her pay docked, and is forced to bring her son to work who is hospitalized there as well (3. Frankie is robbed at gunpoint by some rockheads from her hood and loses her job because she didn't follow the procedure, and knowin' the game you're not supposed to snitch on someone from your own block 'cause that puts you at risk and (4. Cleo, the trigger happy, dyked out robber of the bunch has led a life of crime and has no one to turn to but her girlfriend and best friends.

This was such a wonderful movie because the action was definitely present here and the acting(especially Jada Pinkett and Queen Latifah) was great! Not only was the action there but the sentiment of the girls and what they've been through and what they go through shows how unfortunate they were and even worse, I damn near almost started crying at the ending 'cause it made me feel so bad. Christopher Young score well with the BGM of this flick to put the cherry on top.

very wonderful movie with a conscience 10/10

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