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The Fits

The Fits

Drama · 2016

While training at the gym, 11-year-old tomboy Toni becomes entranced with a dance troupe. As she struggles to fit in, she finds herself caught up in danger as the group begins to suffer from fainting spells and other violent fits.

Movie details

The Fits

“Why fit in when you can dance to your own beat?”

2016 Drama 1h 12m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.6 / 10

5.2K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

96 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

90 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

While training at the gym, 11-year-old tomboy Toni becomes entranced with a dance troupe. As she struggles to fit in, she finds herself caught up in danger as the group begins to suffer from fainting spells and other violent fits.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Fits?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Anna Rose Holmer

Written by

Anna Rose Holmer · Lisa Kjerulff · Saela Davis

Royalty Hightower

Royalty Hightower

Toni

A

Alexis Neblett

Beezy

M

Makyla Burnam

Legs

D

Da'Sean Minor

Jermaine

I

Inayah Rodgers

Karisma

A

Antonio A.B. Grant Jr.

Donté

L

Lauren Gibson

Maia

Court is in session

Put The Fits on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.