[Marshall] Curry's picture is must-see fare for any and every observer of the curious world of American politics.
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03/03/06
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Street Fight (2006)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:9
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Average Rating:7.8/10
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]
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Reviews for Street Fight
1 - 10 (sorted by date)
Top CriticThe documentary is simple and strong and small. Its grit lifts it above its mechanical shortcomings.
03/03/06
Top CriticIn brief, Marshall Curry, the young director of Street Fight, has hit the documentary jackpot.
02/28/06
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02/25/06
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 CriticThe 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
Top Critic[An] unpretentious and absorbing video doc.
02/22/06
Top CriticIt's a hard, fast film that needs airing now, or at least before the Newark elections of 2006.
02/22/06
Top CriticStreet Fight sputters with anger and despair at the durability of dumb-cluck demagoguery in American politics.
02/22/06
Top CriticA tough and brave little documentary about the brutal 2002 Newark mayoral election.
02/22/06
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