85
Metascore
11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe New YorkerDavid DenbyIn brief, Marshall Curry, the young director of Street Fight, has hit the documentary jackpot: the movie will become the inescapable referent for media coverage of the new campaign. And rightly so.
- 91Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerAs one of Booker's supporters notes, it's a sad day when academic success is used to denigrate an African-American.
- 90L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasThis 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.
- 90SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirIt's an electrifying, suspenseful film, full of street-level political drama.
- 88TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxIt'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.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustLos Angeles TimesKevin CrustThe 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.
- 75New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsNewark Mayor Sharpe James is the kind of politician that Tony Soprano would be happy to own.
- 75Boston GlobeBoston GlobeProperly told, political underdog stories are as compelling as pratfalls from banana peels are funny. Each is timeless and carries an integrity impervious to cynicism.
- 70Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonAlthough the film has a righteous heart, by focusing solely on government as showbiz, it's part of what it decries. Curry makes uproarious hay with the illegal shenanigans of incumbent mayor Sharpe James, but is that all there is? That said, Street Fight has enough cultural crosscurrents to fill out a novel.