But no, not truly. Critics often jibe that a story or plot is not fresh. I hate that. Time to leave the film festival bar to the serious drinkers and shallow thinkers. Because one person has seen permutations of a tale is no reason to presume someone else has.
Critics see lots of movies, worse than the worst couch potatoes.
You have not seen this film before. She lives in a Red Hook, Brooklyn, housing project with her brother and single father. Her mother died in circumstances we only slowly learn about, a bit of psychologizing that is sketchier than the rest of the neatly implied narrative. Her brother's the family geek, but dad wants him to box. Diana wants to learn, too, but her father won't pay the tab.