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Street Fight (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 20

Fresh: 20

Rotten:0

Average Rating: 8/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 83 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Feb 22, 2006 Limited

Synopsis: Director Michael Curry takes a look at the 2002 Mayoral race in Newark, New Jersey, in this documentary. With the incumbent, Sharpe James, resorting to dirty tricks to prevent his challenger, Cory... Director Michael Curry takes a look at the 2002 Mayoral race in Newark, New Jersey, in this documentary. With the incumbent, Sharpe James, resorting to dirty tricks to prevent his challenger, Cory Booker, from getting voted in, the police assaulting Curry, and threats being made to anyone who votes against James, STREET FIGHT makes for compulsive and eye-opening viewing. [More]

Director: Marshall Curry

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Peter Keough
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02/27/09
Devin Faraci
CHUD

"...completely gripping and enraging."

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
01/19/09
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

a primer for any aspiring politician to see the worst of what he can expect

Full Review Source: Old School Reviews | comment Comment
01/31/07
John A. Nesbit
Old School Reviews

Booker and James square-off for a heavyweight political fight reminiscent of Holyfield vs. Tyson, except for the eating of ears.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
01/19/07
Kam Williams
NewsBlaze

It's utterly fascinating, and if you don't follow New Jersey politics, you will be kept in the dark about the outcome of this 2002 race almost to the end.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
04/21/06
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

It's essential viewing to prove to yourself that you're not so cynical after all.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
04/20/06
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly

an amazing work, thrilling and informative in equal amounts, reminding us that democracy isn't just fought over on message boards and foreign battlegrounds, but also on our very streets

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03/14/06
Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com

There's no question which side Curry favors, but he turns Street Fight into an old fashioned political yarn, featuring hand-pumping and baby-kissing, but also a dash of blood fury.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
03/09/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

[Marshall] Curry's picture is must-see fare for any and every observer of the curious world of American politics.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
03/03/06
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
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The documentary is simple and strong and small. Its grit lifts it above its mechanical shortcomings.

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03/03/06
Sam Allis
Boston Globe
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If you didn't already realize that politics can be a dirty business, then Marshall Curry's Oscar-nominated documentary will set you straight.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
03/02/06
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor

In brief, Marshall Curry, the young director of Street Fight, has hit the documentary jackpot.

Full Review Source: New Yorker | comment Comment
02/28/06
David Denby
New Yorker
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02/25/06
Chicago Reader
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It's a fascinating film, simultaneously enthralling, infuriating and guaranteed to make viewers ask how such a perversion of the political process could be taking place in America.

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02/24/06
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

James is his own worst enemy in the documentary, behaving in public as a near caricature of Boss Tweed. But he won and is now serving out his fifth term.

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02/24/06
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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The story that first-time feature filmmaker Curry tells is extremely compelling, but where he really scores is in addressing politics and race in a way that allows events to speak for themselves.

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02/24/06
Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times
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It's kind of reassuring to see good old-fashioned dirty politics practiced with as much gusto as they are in the Oscar-nominated documentary Street Fight.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
02/24/06
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

This is classical activist filmmaking of the first order, a movie with the power to turn hearts, change minds and, just maybe, right the wayward course of an entire city.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
02/23/06
Scott Foundas
L.A. Weekly

[An] unpretentious and absorbing video doc.

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02/22/06
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice
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