It is perhaps one of the best of the few films in the last several years to give voice to the stress and struggle of being poor, working class, black and female in downsized America.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 26, 2022

An important film that continues to challenge old and new audiences.

| Jan 11, 2021

F. Gary Gray does so nearly flawlessly because he understands that first and foremost the story belongs to the Black women upon whose shoulders this entangled mess has always fallen onto in the first place.

| Sep 4, 2020

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Sep 7, 2011

Influenced by Thelma & Louise and Waiting to Exhale, this well-crafted Girls N the Hood has social conscience and soul; Queen Latifah gives a career-making performance that should made her a big Hollywood star

| Original Score: B | Jan 12, 2007

"Set It Off" grants bank robbers more than cinema chic. It bestows them moral authority.

| Jan 22, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

The movie surprised and moved me: I expected a routine action picture and was amazed how much I started to care about the characters.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

"Set It Off" blends action and urban drama effectively, but at times isn't sure which foot to lead with.

| Jan 1, 2000

Overlong, overdone and overwrought, the narratively challenged Set It Off gets off on exploitation shock and social-conscience schlock in equal measure.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Latifah brings something new and startling to the traditional screen depiction of women, something that comes across as so completely indifferent to how she's perceived by any camera or viewer.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000