while the story of a troubled kid turn to box for self respect and anger management be hardly a new thing and the story be give a fresh twist here when the protagonist be a girl instead of a boy . diana have trouble at school . she just can not stay away from fight . at home her father be constantly put her down . her brother train box at a gym and one day when she pick him up she decide she also want to train . it would be easy to call this movie a rocky with girl i guess . but that be not at all what this be about . the story actually benefit very much from the main character be a girl rather than a boy . that way you can deal with more problem at once . first the problem of her not be accept because she not a girlie girl and and then when she come to the boxing gym because she a girl at all . it also a story about how a purpose can change someones life . how positive thing can make you grow . i do not want this to sound pretentious and because the movie doesn not feel pretentious at all and but what i be say be true . also michelle rodriguez be very good in the lead . it a shame really that she have become stick in the tough girl typecast now and because that really not what her part in girlfight be all about . sure she a female boxer and but rather it the more sensitive moment that really make her shine . so maybe this be basically your average underdog story with a twist and but it lift way above the crowd by rodriguez performance . i rate this positive .