Toe to Toe (2009)
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64% of critics liked it
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48% of users liked it
(295 ratings)
Two seniors at an elite Washington, D.C. prep school forge a close relationship on the lacrosse field, only to find their growing bond tested in this drama inspired by a study that indicates interracial friendships end at age 14 for approximately 87 percent of American teenagers. Fiercely determined… More Two seniors at an elite Washington, D.C. prep school forge a close relationship on the lacrosse field, only to find their growing bond tested in this drama inspired by a study that indicates interracial friendships end at age 14 for approximately 87 percent of American teenagers. Fiercely determined to succeed and build a brighter future outside of Anacostia, Tosha (Sonequa Martin) is an African-American scholarship student from one of Washington's poorest neighborhoods. Perhaps Tosha's polar opposite, Jessie (Louisa Krause) is a privileged white girl from Bethesda whose promiscuous tendencies threaten to become her undoing. Though the relationship shared between the two girls is most certainly of the love/hate variety, they both strive to gain a better understanding of one another's plight as society threatens to drive them ever farther apart. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Critic Reviews
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Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Toe to Toe deserves credit for delving into the rich dynamics of interracial friendship and teenaged social tectonics. And it features some terrific acting.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
For good stretches, Toe to Toe has an engaging frankness about youthful liberty as both a weighty armor and a dangerously alluring escape hatch.
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V.A. Musetto, New York Post
What happens when a movie's lead actors are better than their material? You get something like Toe to Toe.
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A.O. Scott, New York Times
An unusually honest, compassionate and challenging view of contemporary youth, neither sugarcoated nor prurient.
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Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Krause and Martin consistently rise above the material; we'll hopefully see more of them under better, less Larry Clark-like circumstances.
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Cast
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Louisa Krause
as Jesse
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Sonequa Martin
as Tosha
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Silvestre Rasuk
as Rashid
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Leslie Uggams
as Grandma
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Gaius Charles
as Kevin
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Ally Walker
as Claire
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Dionne Audain
as Brenda
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Erica Chamblee
as Kendra

