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Dominican Rep. Light It Up
- Original title
- Light It Up
- Year
- 1999
- Running time
- 99 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
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- Music
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- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Education. Schools & University
- Synopsis
- On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant. When a popular teacher is suspended, a few students protest. Jackson, a new security guard, gets tough. In a scuffle, Jackson's wounded with his own gun and a student takes him hostage. A few kids join in, for various reasons. An ineffective policewoman tries to mediate as the police plan an assault, the kids demand improvements to the school, the media pick up the story, and Jackson turns sympathetic. But are too many forces in motion for the students to stay in control?
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- Awards
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2000: NAACP Image Awards: 2 nominations
- Critics' reviews
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"Much of 'Light It Up' has a familiar feel. But there are enough redeeming insights to make the time you spend at this school worthwhile."
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"This is a good-hearted movie that unfortunately is wildly implausible and makes no sense."
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"The protagonists of 'Light It Up' seem strangely tender and vulnerable, and the movie, if heavy-handed at times, does a remarkable job of making their plight moving."
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"Heartbreaking and sometimes dazzlingly effective"
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"At all times, the audience believes that it's watching something that really could happen."
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"A tough little hostage thriller with crackling dialogue, surprising intelligence and an emotional wallop."
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"If I can't quite recommend the movie, it's because so much of the plot is on autopilot. The dialogue spells out too much that doesn't need to be said."
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