Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

P Adkins I watched LIFT last night on Sundance. This film was a story of a girl who works as a display artist at an upscale department store. However, on the side she has a part-time job... she steals high priced items (clothes, jewelry, etc.) and sells them to locals around the urban neighborhood. Kerry Washington is an excellent actress that pulled the part off! The movie touches on emotional past issues with family that may hit close to home for some. The movie itself is kind runs kind of bland with no real climax except for the "final job" that Neicy wants to pull in order to please her mother(who needs therapy.) Greed gets the best of everyone & she pays the price through Karma. 6 out of 10

George Parker "Lift", an African-America drama, is a slice-of-life flick about a middle-class young black woman and professional shoplifter (Washington) who has issues with her underworld competition, the police, and, most of all, her family. A slick shoot, "Lift" lacks focus and purpose, fails to engage, and plays out like an on-screen litany of the problems which can beset an attractive young female "booster". Nonetheless, there's enough going on hold viewer interest and make up for the lack of empathy we feel for the comely criminal protagonist. Worth a look on Showtime. C+

hillari I saw this at the Chicago International Film Festival. The co-directors and screenwriters have to be applauded for mixing the age old plot about mother-daughter conflict with fresh crime drama. I found it intriguing that one of the reasons the main character was stealing was to gain attention and affection from her mercenary mom (the fabulous Lonette McKee). The detail that was put into presenting the world of boosting was excellent. The people responsible for the film explained that they have a hard time marketing it because of plot elements, having an African-American female lead (who's not Angela Bassett, Vivica A. Fox or Halle Berry), and not having a typical neat Hollywood ending. This is a good film, however; don't miss it if it comes by you.

feverdeang A popular hit at this years Sundance Film Fest, Lift showed how love and money, family and friends can become confused in the search for status. Niecy works at a ritzy department store which covers for her real job as a steal to order shoplifter. All her friends love her as long as she delivers the goods. Even her mother pressures her for extravagant presents. Her boyfriend smokes pot, dreams of being a rap producer and looks down on her shoplifting "business" while hypocritically Nicey looks down on him for smoking pot! When she has to join forces with a gang leader to lift an especially expensive gift for her mother the pressure and fate conspire and her world crumbles. Filmed in Boston with an almost completely African- American cast, Lift doesn't take the easy cliched way out, but explores the well drawn characters emotions and their limitations. A solid, well crafted drama.