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Light It Up · LeviOsa

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DramaThriller1h 39m

🍅40%

🍅

40%

Tomatometer

🍿

76%

Popcornmeter

6.6

TMDB

Storyline

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.

Trailers

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90s Week: Light It Up (Theatrical Trailer)

Details

DirectorCraig Bolotin

ReleasedNov 4, 1999

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$13M

Revenue

$6M

Parental guideRUS

Studios

Edmonds Entertainment Group

Fox 2000 Pictures

Cast

Usher

Usher

Lester Dewitt

Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams

Audrey McDonald

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

Officer Dante Jackson

Rosario Dawson

Rosario Dawson

Stephanie Williams

Robert Ri'chard

Robert Ri'chard

Zacharias 'Ziggy' Malone

Judd Nelson

Judd Nelson

Ken Knowles

Fredro Starr

Fredro Starr

Rodney J. Templeton

Sara Gilbert

Sara Gilbert

Lynn Sabatini

Clifton Collins Jr.

Clifton Collins Jr.

Robert 'Rivers' Tremont

Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman

Principal Allan Armstrong

Vic Polizos

Vic Polizos

Capt. Monroe

Dale Rivera

Dale Rivera

Security Guard (Bob)

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

Gaia Amazon Channel

Rent / Buy

Amazon Video

Apple TV Store

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YouTube

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Reviews

6 reviews · 5 critics

3 fresh · 2 rotten

Critics consensus

“Soon into the student uprising, the story starts to feel like a warmed over after-school special.”

40% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

A

Andy Seiler

RTUSA TodayJan 1, 2000

Crackling dialogue, surprising intelligence and an emotional wallop.

M

Mick LaSalle

RTSan Francisco ChronicleJan 1, 2000

A deluge of movies is set to be released in the next three weeks. One that should not be lost in the flood is Light It Up.

R

Roger Ebert

RTChicago Sun-TimesJan 1, 2000

The problem is the movie is too predictable--so predictable that it keeps it from truly generating suspense.

D

David Ehrenstein

RTNew TimesOct 3, 2017

... it's this sense of the "real" that not only keeps Light It Up lively but that marks it -- for all its visual flair -- as happily out of step with a zeitgeist enamored of naught but money and notoriety as the wildly overhyped millennium turns.

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Information

Title

Light It Up

Released

Nov 4, 1999

Rated

R

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 39m

Status

Released

Studios

Edmonds Entertainment Group, Fox 2000 Pictures