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:

Boxer | Female Boxer | Boxing | Training | Women Boxing

Awards:

15 wins & 11 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Nov. 19

4:05 AM

HBO

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
J.P. Linton	...	Mr. Price
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:

SDDS | Dolby SR

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)

Filming Locations:

Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

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: Now we're boxing.

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

Fried Neck Bones and Some Home Fries

Not your usual sports movie

In most sports movies, you'll have the corny story of triumph and it might be not too great. But this film is different. It uses it's independent edge (it won numerous awards at the Sundance and Caanes film festivals) to not be cornball, but to a good achievement. Michelle Rodriguez definately makes an credible debut as the troubled and always angry Diana, who decides a way to get out some of her aggression is in boxing, and it works, even when she has to face her boyfriend in the (improbable to be sure) ring. Better than I thought, but the liability is that Diana is always angry (so angry that any regular girl's worst day of PMS is Diana's best day) and she does some things to her family and friends that are very questionable, method and emotion wise which almost makes her not the best girl to emmulate. Pretty good, never-the-less. B+