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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.
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75
Baltimore Sun
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.
75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Heartbreaking and sometimes dazzlingly effective, the film still has flaws -- most of them in a too-often-maudlin script.
63
Chicago Sun-Times
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.
60
Look to the cast as the best reason to see this film.
50
It's a bit of 60s idealism wedged in what basically looks like a hip-hop music video.
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