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Light It Up

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After a shooting incident in a neglected inner-city school leaves a police officer wounded, six teenage high school seniors holds the cop hostage, in a desperate effort to improve the run-down conditions of their high-school.
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CRITICS OF "Light It Up"
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

January 01, 2000

It begins as a high school comedy romp and then abruptly turns into a TV cop show-caliber thriller.
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

February 18, 2005

...isn't so much a bad movie as an unfinished movie
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Chicago Tribune

January 01, 2000

Writer-director Craig Bolotin wants to get our motors racing, our minds pondering and our hearts pumping. Laudable goals; shaky results.
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San Francisco Examiner
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January 01, 2000

A laughably disconnected hostage drama.
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Orlando Sentinel

January 01, 2000

Bolotin repeatedly reminds the viewer of his lack of imagination.
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eFilmCritic.com

April 17, 2005

Snuff it out!
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New York Post

January 01, 2000

The dialogue is ridiculous and condescending.
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Moviehole

September 19, 2002

"The Breakfast Club" in the Ghetto
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Film.com

January 01, 2000

Nelson, Whitaker and their talented, young co-stars give this film most of whatever juice it has.
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Internet Reviews
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January 01, 2000

Too often writer/directors such as Light It Up's Craig Bolotin don't take the time to create a plausible plot and realistic dialog.
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Dallas Morning News

January 01, 2000

Painfully obvious and cliched.
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USA Today

January 01, 2000

Crackling dialogue, surprising intelligence and an emotional wallop.
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