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Metascore
34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumWhile Rodriguez punches through the indie clutter to announce herself as a superb new movie talent, so Kusama scores big points in her first main event.
- 88Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrA terrific little uppercut of a boxing movie and close to a perfect one.
- 88New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanRefreshing and surprising, the way independent movies are supposed to be.
- 88Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanThe effect is as potent as a straight right to the solar plexus.
- 80Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanA near-irresistible button-pusher that's agile enough to hold a mirror to its own aspirations: The Sundance prize-winning filmmaker and her prize discovery, Michelle Rodriguez, merge in the image of a self-invented amateur boxer.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannThe movie belongs to Rodriguez: A gorgeous woman with a powerful body and the face of an Aztec princess, she's also a natural talent who instinctively understands the importance of economy in good acting.
- 75Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezGets everything right.
- 75New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardUplifting and moving in a traditional Hollywood way, while also seeming as raw and unfiltered as cinema vérité.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaRodriguez is riveting, with a drop-dead cynical charm.
- 75San Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoThere's a sense of genuineness throughout Girlfight.