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(1 - 15) of 15 OFCS Rating: 73% Fresh Page   1   C- "Offensive or enlightening? You tell me."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf 2/5 "not much more than an extended infomercial"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti "Most emphatically a display of artists, as they think their way past all kinds of limits and celebrate their skills. "   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/4 "Rize is all surface, and that's the way David LaChapelle likes it."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez B- "Whenever we see them, they are either dancing or talking about dancing. We don't see their everyday lives, and hence don't get a feel for who they are."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider B "At its best when it is observing, and at its worst when it is trying desperately to Explore."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 3/4 "Visually stimulating and busting with jubilance...Rize is an irresistibly endearing showcase that brims with confidence and exhilaration."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng C+ "Exuberant, colorful, viscerally exciting but overly flashy and sadly disorganized."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 76/100 "Rize is full of sugar-rush adrenaline, but it also has the presence of mind to cool our enthusiasm enough to pierce through to its issues’ core."   eCinemaCenter.com   Gabe Leibowitz '2.5/5' "Rize is a grittier, less upbeat companion to this summer's other dance competition documentary, Mad Hot Ballroom."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner "LaChapelle... turns his discriminating eye on an inner-city fad that is at once almost violently spontaneous and yet steeped in ritualistic totemism..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson B- "The positive messages put forth by LaChappelle and company makes Rize the kind of film that youngsters, especially teens, should be encouraged to go see."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 3/4 "Exhausting to watch, but impressive."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell 3/4 "For the dance footage alone, Rize would be memorable, but the film's true power derives from LaChapelle's interviews with the dancers and their families."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight 3/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito  (1 - 15) of 15 OFCS Rating: 73% Fresh Page   1