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  1. Nov 6, 1996 · Takashi Bufford. “Set It Off” is advertised as a thriller about four black womenwho rob banks. But it's a lot more than that. It creates a portrait of thelives of these women that's so observant and informed; it's like “Waiting to Exhale” with a strong jolt of reality. The movie surprised and moved me: Iexpected a routine action picture ...

  2. After being fired from her job as a bank teller, Frankie (Vivica A. Fox) begins working at a janitorial service with her friends Tisean (Kimberly Elise), a single mother; Cleo (Queen Latifah), a ...

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    • F. Gary Gray
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    • Jada Pinkett Smith
  3. All Audience. Verified Audience. Latoya Austin Cinerama Film. Set It Off transcends and rewrites the classic heist movie through an all-female, all-black group of friends and their love for one ...

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  5. The motion picture,"Set It Off" offers the audience four intriguing young black female characters,a rare grouping in any Hollywood movie and from the strength of this film went on to become one of the top ten best action films of 1996. Three of the group who stars in "Set It Off",constitute the hottest young black female actresses of their day.

  6. What you will—and won't—find in this movie. Armed robbers hold up several banks. Several peopl. Parents need to know that Set It Off is a 1996 drama about four working-class inner-city friends who work full-time but can hardly pay their bills. One's brother is killed (on-screen) by the police.

    • F. Gary Gray
    • Barbara Shulgasser-Parker
    • Warner Bros.
  7. Set It Off is a 1996 American heist crime action film directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Kate Lanier and Takashi Bufford. The film stars Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, and Kimberly Elise (in her film acting debut). It follows four close friends in Los Angeles, California, who plan to execute a bank robbery —each doing so for ...

  8. Nov 5, 1996 · Influenced by "Thelma & Louise" and "Waiting to Exhale," F. Gary Gray's "Set It Off" is a well-crafted girls-n-the-hood actioner, with an acute social conscience and plenty of soul. A tale of ...

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