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Light It Up (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 46 Fresh: 18  Rotten:28 Average Rating: 5/10
 
Consensus: Soon into the student uprising, the story starts to feel like a warmed over after-school special.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Synopsis: The topical story of a group of high school students who form a protest when they become fed up with their school's poor conditions. After a shot is accidentally fired and a police officer is wounded, the resulting stand-off results in a media frenzy that pits the dirt-digging media against the... The topical story of a group of high school students who form a protest when they become fed up with their school's poor conditions. After a shot is accidentally fired and a police officer is wounded, the resulting stand-off results in a media frenzy that pits the dirt-digging media against the well-intentioned students. Bolotin's script impressively ignores the racial stereotyping that other films in this genre tend to wear like bad costumes, and the assembled cast of young faces keeps the film engaging throughout. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Usher Raymond, Forest Whitaker, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Williams, Marcello Robinson

Director: Craig Bolotin
Screenwriter: Craig Bolotin
Producer: Tracey E. Edmonds, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 10, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case - Sensormatic
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Surround - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Behind the Scenes - Making-of
  • Music Video - 1. Master P - "Light It Up"
  • 2. Ja Rule - "How Many Wanna"
  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
  • 2. TV Spots
  • 3. Previews

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10/09/05
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily
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2/5

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08/11/05
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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2/5

Snuff it out!

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04/17/05
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
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...isn't so much a bad movie as an unfinished movie

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02/18/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Blake French
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Kate Manning
Palo Alto Weekly
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Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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3/5

"The Breakfast Club" in the Ghetto

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09/19/02
Clint Morris
Moviehole
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Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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Dwayne E. Leslie
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Five minutes into this formulaic flick, you'll think you collaborated on the screenplay.

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Reel.com
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Light It Up smolders and spits out some smoke, but no fire.

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Aileo Weinmann
Filmcritic.com
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Crackling dialogue, surprising intelligence and an emotional wallop.

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Andy Seiler
USA Today
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Surprisingly effective.

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Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
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Painfully obvious and cliched.

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Chris Vognar
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Cynthia Fuchs
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