As Paris Is Burning did with voguing, Rize celebrates a vital new art form; don't you dare blink.

| Apr 20, 2022

The doc doesn't go as deep as it could, but as a snapshot of a facet of hip-hop and pop culture, it's perfect, and devoid of the garish style of LaChapelle's photographs.

| Jul 11, 2016

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 18, 2012

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 14, 2007

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 12, 2006

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2006

[F]or all its mis-steps, Rize gets by on enough jumping, pumping energy to fuel the national grid.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 20, 2005

Dealing with life's darkness is what this type of dancing is all about.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

An unusual movie whose energy lingers.

| Original Score: A- | Nov 11, 2005

Recommended to fans, potential fans, and the curious; the main thing you can ask from a documentary is that it show you something new, and for me this one certainly did.

| Nov 3, 2005

David LaChapelle's documentary is a spirited but less-than-insightful look at contemporary youth culture in south-central Los Angeles.

| Oct 27, 2005

A triumph from every angle.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 23, 2005

It's as if he forgot he was making a gritty documentary and found himself shooting a Christina Aguilera video.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 2, 2005

not much more than an extended infomercial

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 28, 2005

Explosive Rize. Dance documentary exhilarating.

| Aug 9, 2005

It's a well-known truth in the dance world that the body doesn't lie. As long as the characters in this film are dancing, we have little reason to doubt their sincerity. But once turned into talking heads, the dancers begin to sound like propagandists.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 5, 2005

A vivid portrait of art rising from deprivation and social hopelessness.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 5, 2005

Part historical document, part social commentary, part guided tour through a tough neighbourhood. It's also a super-adrenalized tribute to the transformative power of art.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 5, 2005

LaChapelle does an admirable job avoiding a pitfall by staving off pretense. He frames an unobtrusive canvas for the performers to stroke with flailing arms and jiggling hips

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 4, 2005