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E. Paul Edwards (written by)
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A romantic drama set against the world of slam poetry competitions. | add synopsis
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Rather underwhelming
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | C. Thomas Howell | ... | David Settles |
 | Jeff Stearns | ... | Jake Thompson |
| Tara D'Agostino | ... | Marni Elliott |
 | Fred Willard | ... | Longfellow |
| Fred Williamson | ... | Gabriel |
 | Edward Albert | ... | Marc Neihauser |
| Michael Parks | ... | Benny the Heckler |
 | Val Lauren | ... | Etch-A-Sketch |
 | Dominic Comperatore | ... | Alan Mitzer |
 | Jen Dede | ... | Lisa |
| Vanessa Dorman | ... | Shelly Lancaster |
 | Tucker Smallwood | ... | Dr. Franklin |
 | Amir Talai | ... | Ralphie |
| Joe Restivo | ... | Millhouse |
| James Parks | ... | Fresno Pete |
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Street Poet (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for sexual content and language.
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89 min
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This film is about a young poet who falls in love with a publisher who is HIV positive.
It is difficult to make a film about poetry, as poem recitals can hardly be described as exciting and visually stimulating. "Fighting Words" tries to make it more interesting by having controversial and provocative story lines. Though I applaud the filmmakers for their hard work, but "Fighting Words" is still rather underwhelming. It is not visually pleasing, and the pacing is rather slow. It is also unfortunate that many of the "poems" in the final slam are too vulgar and gross for the literary passionates. The final result is that "Fighting Words" does not appeal to romantic comedy viewers nor poetry lovers.