First Match Page #2

Synopsis: Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood decides that joining the boys wrestling team is the only way back to her estranged father.
Genre: Drama, Sport
Director(s): Olivia Newman
Production: Netflix
  2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
TV-MA
Year:
2018
102 min
199 Views


- We had an agreement, Mo.

You'd let me know if anything was missing,

and I'd send someone.

I don't trust that b*tch.

And as your social worker,

if I can't trust you, I can't help you.

Not gonna need your help

when I move in with my dad.

We talked about this, Mo.

He's not your legal guardian anymore.

Well...

he said he wanted to adopt me, so...

I know the last few homes

have been difficult.

But I do think Lucila...

could be a really good family...

No, she's not my f***ing family!

You lucky you skipped algebra.

Ms. Nestor gave us a quiz,

and I swear that sh*t wasn't even math.

What, you not talking to me now?

What'd I do?

Watch it.

- Say that sh*t to my face!

- Mo.

Watch out!

Mo, chill!

Get off of me!

B*tch, if you don't get off of me...

- Mo!

- F*** you!

- Calm down.

- She started it!

Get the f*** off me!

This is the third fight this month.

As I've explained to Monique,

she'll be suspended for three days.

She needs a positive outlet

to channel that anger.

I'd love to see her

reach her potential.

She's been given many opportunities,

but I cannot allow this kind of behavior.

What's going on? What's going on...

with the door and the trash?

We gotta go. Come on.

Here we go.

Give me that.

Remember when your pops used to make us

wrestle for stupid sh*t, like...

Happy Meal toys?

You cried like a baby over that tow truck.

Hey, Mater was the sh*t.

Besides, you only won 'cause you cheated.

Hurry up.

You gonna be late.

- I told you about coming round here.

- Please. Like you own this block.

I'm coming from wrestling practice,

if you so nosey.

Coach sayI'm gonna be

his best lightweight.

They got a girls' wrestling team?

Nah, I'ma wrestle boys.

Never heard of no girls wrestling

on no boys' team.

Yeah, well... I'm better than you.

That right?

Come see for yourself.

Cut them nails before you hit the mat.

'Sup, troublemaker?

Still letting people on the team?

Practice starts at three.

Gives you exactly four minutes

to stop wasting my time.

- You ain't hear me?

- Coach, you need anything?

I said, you still letting people

on the team?

It's a boys' team.

Could've fooled me.

Besides, I need a positive outlet

for my anger.

Right, Coach?

No one here's interested in your games.

- You see me talking to you?

- Hey.

You wanna try out?

- Coach, you ain't serious.

- Take a knee. Now.

- You seen what she did to my girl?

- A knee.

How many of you

missed this morning's run?

Fifty push-ups, now.

- One.

- Damn! They all get punished?

What you waiting on?

...three, four...

- You like your earlobes?

- ...five, six...

Don't even think about

getting on my mat in those things.

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