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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:20
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8/10
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... [More]
Director: Marshall Curry
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Reviews for Street Fight
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.
02/24/06
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
03/14/06
In brief, Marshall Curry, the young director of Street Fight, has hit the documentary jackpot.
02/28/06
Top CriticJames 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.
02/24/06
Top CriticStreet Fight sputters with anger and despair at the durability of dumb-cluck demagoguery in American politics.
02/22/06
Top CriticThere'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.
03/09/06
a primer for any aspiring politician to see the worst of what he can expect
01/31/07
It's a hard, fast film that needs airing now, or at least before the Newark elections of 2006.
02/22/06
Top CriticBooker and James square-off for a heavyweight political fight reminiscent of Holyfield vs. Tyson, except for the eating of ears.
01/19/07
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.
02/24/06
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.
02/24/06
A tough and brave little documentary about the brutal 2002 Newark mayoral election.
02/22/06
Top Critic[An] unpretentious and absorbing video doc.
02/22/06
Top CriticIf you didn't already realize that politics can be a dirty business, then Marshall Curry's Oscar-nominated documentary will set you straight.
03/02/06
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.
04/21/06
The documentary is simple and strong and small. Its grit lifts it above its mechanical shortcomings.
03/03/06
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.
02/23/06
It's essential viewing to prove to yourself that you're not so cynical after all.
04/20/06
[Marshall] Curry's picture is must-see fare for any and every observer of the curious world of American politics.
03/03/06
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