Girlfight Page #5

Synopsis: At 18, Diana has a chip on her shoulder; she's close to expulsion from high school for fighting, her mother is dead, her dad is surly, the popular girls at school set her teeth on edge, she knows men can cause pain. When she picks up her younger brother at a Brooklyn gym where he boxes to please his father, she decides she wants to train. Hector, a coach, reluctantly agrees to teach her. It's soon clear to him that Diana has talent; he pushes her. She spends time with another young fighter, Adrian, who has a girlfriend, but Diana intrigues him and stirs real feelings he tries to articulate. She, too, must accommodate her toughness and ironic detachment to her feelings for him.
Genre: Drama, Sport
Director(s): Karyn Kusama
Production: Screen Gems
  15 wins & 18 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
R
Year:
2000
110 min
$778,046
Website
1,866 Views


You're a quick study.

I am?

You gotta pay me for last week.

- It's real silver.

- I can't sell it with these pictures.

Strangers to everyone but you, huh?

Yeah.

- I'll give you 40 bucks for it.

- That's all?

It's not worth more than that.

Sixty.

Gimme a break.

Please?

I'll give you 50 bucks.

Final offer.

You sure this is a good idea?

Ray knows... no funny stuff.

Try to be a gentleman.

Just keep it loose.

No pressure.

Take it easy on me this time, okay?

Don't be a dick, and I'll try.

Why did he have to say that?

Ignore him. Here.

How's it workin' with her?

Gotta pay the bills.

When you get that desperate,

borrow from me.

Hey, Frankie, let's put in

some quality time.

- Sorry.

- Come on!

Don't be sorry.

Don't ever be sorry.

Look at him.

Okay.

Whey you throw your jab...

Spit.

Rush him with some of the combinations

we been working on, okay?

It's like I forgot everything

you've been teaching me.

Stop thinking so much.

You're doin' good.

You've been working hard.

- Yeah, I guess so.

- Guess so?

Cal's got you conditioned

real good.

Thanks.

I'll be seeing you, Hector.

- How you gettin' home?

- The 61. I'm in Red Hook.

I'm driving that way.

I don't mind the bus.

This place is deserted at night.

- I'll be fine.

- It's okay. No trouble.

I'm just in Gowanus.

The "F" and the "G"

are my nightmare trains.

"G" is the worst.

No wonder people

move out of Queens.

You're lucky you have wheels.

Lucky's winning the lottery.

My old man, he's a mechanic.

He has me running all around Brooklyn,

running errands for this ride.

Always gotta be thinking "expansion."

Anyway, you in high school?

Yeah, my last year, I hope.

You still in school?

- Am I immature or somethin'?

- No, I just thought...

I'm just playing with you.

I graduated last year.

- My only achievement in life.

- Yeah, right.

It's true.

My mom cried when I got my diploma.

That's nice.

You gotta tell me where to turn.

We can stop right here.

- Right over here?

- Yeah.

You live in a project?

All my life.

Canales Community Houses.

What floor you on?

The 11 th.

- You're up there.

- Yeah.

Thanks for the ride.

I'll be seeing you.

What?

- You're late.

- I was hanging out with Marisol.

- Thank your brother for dinner.

- Thanks, bro.

And do me a favor.

After you eat, take a shower.

You smell.

I think I will.

You looked all right in there

with Ray today.

It's more tiring than it looks, huh?

What's he after anyway?

Making me fight.

I just want to make him happy.

Lots of luck to you.

How can the history of the world

be so f***ing boring?

And all those people are dead too.

You still holding a grudge against me

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Karyn Kusama

Karyn Kusama (born March 21, 1968) is an American independent film director known for the 2000 film Girlfight, which she wrote, directed, and produced.Kusama went on to direct 2005's Æon Flux and 2009's Jennifer's Body. She directed the 2015 horror film, The Invitation, and has recently worked as a television director. more…

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