Girlfight
2000
· Movie
· 110 min
B
MEANRANK
71/100
Every rating
59–87
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic users on 59, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 87.
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Details
- Director
- Karyn Kusama
- Writer
- Karyn Kusama
- Studio
- Screen Gems, Green/Renzi, IFC Productions
- Released
- 29 September 2000
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $1.0M
- Box office
- $1.7M
- Awards
- 14 wins, 15 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 29 →4 major awards won · 14 wins from 29 nominations across 16 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 2000 | Foreign Film Award of the Youth | Winner | |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2000 | Best Debut Performance | Michelle Rodriguez | Winner |
| Sundance Film Festival 2000 | Directing Award in Dramatic Competition | Karyn Kusama | Winner |
| Sundance Film Festival 2000 | Grand Jury Prize | Winner | |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2000 | Best First Feature | Karyn Kusama | Nominee |
| ALMA Awards 2000 | Outstanding Feature Film | Nominee | |
| ALMA Awards 2000 | Outstanding Latino Cast in a Feature Film | Nominee | |
| Black Reel Awards 2000 | Best Film | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Sundance Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Directing Award in Dramatic Competition | Karyn Kusama | Winner |
| Grand Jury Prize | Winner |
Independent Spirit Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Debut Performance | Michelle Rodriguez | Winner |
| Best First Feature | Karyn Kusama | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Foreign Film Award of the Youth | Winner |
Deauville American Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Grand Prix du Cinema Independent | Winner | |
| Ralph Lauren Acting Award | Michelle Rodriguez | Winner |
Gotham Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Breakthrough Actor | Michelle Rodriguez | Winner |
| Open Palm Award | Karyn Kusama | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Breakthrough Performance – Female | Michelle Rodriguez | Winner |
| Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking | Winner |
Flanders International Film Festival Ghent
2 nominations, 1 won
| Special Mention | Karyn Kusama | Winner |
| Grand Prix | Nominee |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Female Newcomer | Karyn Kusama & Michelle Rodriguez (shared) | Winner |
| Best Actress | Michelle Rodriguez | Nominee |
Valladolid International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Silver Spike | Karyn Kusama | Winner |
| Golden Spike | Karyn Kusama | Nominee |
Imagen Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Theatrical Feature Film | Winner |
Black Reel Awards
3 nominations
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Theatrical – Best Actress | Michelle Rodriguez | Nominee |
| Theatrical – Best Director | Karyn Kusama | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
3 nominations
| Best Cinematic Debut/Breakthrough | Michelle Rodriguez | Nominee |
| Best First Feature | Karyn Kusama | Nominee |
| Best First Screenplay | Karyn Kusama | Nominee |
ALMA Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Feature Film | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Latino Cast in a Feature Film | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Most Promising Actress | Michelle Rodriguez | Nominee |
Stockholm International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Bronze Horse | Karyn Kusama | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Film – Choice Breakout Performance | Michelle Rodriguez | Nominee |