The Fits
Why fit in when you can dance to your own beat?
Why fit in when you can dance to your own beat?
Drama
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2016
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While training at the gym, 11-year-old tomboy Toni becomes entranced with a dance troupe. As she struggles to fit in, she finds herself caught up in danger as the group begins to suffer from fainting spells and other violent fits.
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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
72 min
Release date:
3 Jun 2016
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$170,000
Revenue:
$169,242
Awards:
15 wins & 22 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Using a lot of real-life West End of Cincinnati dancers and athletes in the cast lends the film an authentic feel without ever feeling amateurish, and the specificity of Toni's story resonates outward.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
9 Sep 2016
fresh:
[Holmer] and cinematographer Paul Yee infuse the community center, in and around which the entire film takes place, with elements of magical realism to accentuate the protagonist's passage from childhood into adolescence.
– Leah Pickett,
Chicago Reader,
28 Jul 2016
fresh:
The movie is a nearly perfect thing, made with such assurance that every shot holds weight and widens your heart.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
21 Jul 2016
fresh:
It's a curious world that Toni is entering, and Hightower's quiet watchfulness takes it all in.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
8 Jul 2016
fresh:
Like its lead Royalty Hightower, whose performance is just as spectacular as her name, The Fits is impossible to look away from. It's gorgeous, poetic, and opaque, and I've never seen any other movie like it.
– Molly Eichel,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
24 Jun 2016