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Light It Up

Name: Light It Up
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1999-11-04
Duration: 1 h 39 min
Cast: Usher, Vanessa Williams, Forest Whitaker, Rosario Dawson, Robert Ri'chard

1999Movie1 h 39 minR

Drama Thriller

MediocreGoodWatch score

6.0

3.1/5

436.6

40%76%

MediocreGoodWatch score

6.0

3.1/5

436.6

40%76%

Summary

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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At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+24)
Critics 42Audiences 66GoodWatch 54
Metascore43
Tomatometer40%
Audience score76%
User score6.6
Letterboxd · 995 ratings3.1/5
IMDb6.0
Box office
46%of its budget back
Budget
$13 M
Worldwide
$6 M
Worldwide it made back $6 M of the $13 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 39 min
A typical length for dramas, −10 min on the typical 109
typical 10999
Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries, rent or buy in 9 more
Released
1999
November 4, 1999
27 years ago
Genres
DramaThriller
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- RUnited States
19 of 19
Directing · 1
Craig Bolotin Director, Writer
Production · 2
Babyface Executive Producer
Tracey Edmonds Producer
Camera · 2
Elliot Davis Director of Photography
Makiko Carlson First Assistant Camera
Editing · 1
Wendy Greene Bricmont Editor
Sound · 1
Harry Gregson-Williams Original Music Composer
Art · 1
Sean Everett Property Master