Release Date
June 3, 2016 (NY)
June 10, 2016 (LA)
June 10, 2016 (LA)
DVD Release Date
September 13, 2016 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Anna Rose Holmer
Writer
Saela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer, Lisa Kjerulff
Cast
Royalty Hightower, Alexis Neblett, Inayah Rodgers
Studio
Running Time
72 minutes
MPA Rating
Unrated
What is The Fits about?
Eleven-year-old tomboy Toni (a showstopping Royalty Hightower) is bewitched by the tight-knit dance team she sees practicing in the same Cincinnati rec center where she boxes. Enamored by the power and confidence of the strong community of girls, Toni spends less and less time boxing with her older brother. Instead, she becomes eagerly absorbed in the dance routines and masters drills, even piercing her own ears in an effort to fit in with the older,... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
The Fits is the kind of movie I hate to write reviews about: as a beautifully shot, scored and executed as it is, I have no freaking idea what the movie is actually about. I want to praise it because it’s actually somewhat mesmerizing—almost hypnotic in nature—and yet it fails two of my three basic criteria for what makes a good film: Full movie review »
