Rize

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Rize

PG-13

2005

1h 25m

Biography

Music

Musical

Comedy

Drama

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Celebrated fashion photographer David LaChapelle makes his documentary filmmaking debut with a visually arresting film shot on the streets of Los Angeles' gritty South Central neighborhood. After his community is nearly destroyed in the days of violent race riots after the 1992 Rodney King verdict, dancer Tommy "The Clown" Johnson creates a kinetic, athletic form of hip-hop competitive dancing that he dubs clowning, which later breaks through to the mainstream as krumping.

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Critics Consensus

The dances in Rize are electric even if the documentary doesn't go that deeply into the performers' lives.

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Matthew Leyland

BBC.com

12/20/2005

3/5

[F]or all its mis-steps, Rize gets by on enough jumping, pumping energy to fuel the national grid.

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Susan Walker

Toronto Star

08/05/2005

2.5/4

It's a well-known truth in the dance world that the body doesn't lie. As long as the characters in this film are dancing, we have little reason to doubt their sincerity. But once turned into talking heads, the dancers begin to sound like propagandists.

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

08/05/2005

3/4

A vivid portrait of art rising from deprivation and social hopelessness.

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Adam B. Vary

The Advocate

04/20/2022

As Paris Is Burning did with voguing, Rize celebrates a vital new art form; don't you dare blink.

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Tara Thorne

The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

07/11/2016

The doc doesn't go as deep as it could, but as a snapshot of a facet of hip-hop and pop culture, it's perfect, and devoid of the garish style of LaChapelle's photographs.

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Joe Lozito

Big Picture Big Sound

07/14/2007

3/4

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jul 8

Real footage in 1 hour and 25 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 for Language, Drug References, Brief Nudity and Suggestive Content!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $3,300,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Munkhchimeg T

@RT64187897 08/08/2024

Woow, very active and energetic movie like cool guyz. Very good movie

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Geke g

@RT40239519 08/02/2024

Rize is real rizz before rizz is invented

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erdene c

@RT72597746 07/27/2024

Love to watch dancing movie

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Bahad j

@RT27093708 07/26/2024

I am very happy that the movie shows us the steps and choices that are necessary in the life of a great person. I like the movie.

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Munkhjargal A

@RT28084692 07/26/2024

He was a famous cinematographer. He used to shoot outside in the street in the main square, which led to this film. One character in the movie is about a clown. This clown later became an actor.

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Synopsis

Celebrated fashion photographer David LaChapelle makes his documentary filmmaking debut with a visually arresting film shot on the streets of Los Angeles' gritty South Central neighborhood. After his community is nearly destroyed in the days of violent race riots after the 1992 Rodney King verdict, dancer Tommy "The Clown" Johnson creates a kinetic, athletic form of hip-hop competitive dancing that he dubs clowning, which later breaks through to the mainstream as krumping.

Director: David LaChapelle
Producer: Marc Hawker, Ellen Jacobson, David LaChapelle
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: HSI Productions, Darkfibre Entertainment Ltd.
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Drug References|Brief Nudity|Suggestive Content)
Genre: Biography, Music, Musical, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 21, 2005, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Jun 24, 2005
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 24, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.3M
Runtime: 1h 25m