Bama Rush

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Bama Rush

2023

1h 41m

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In August 2021, the long-held tradition of sorority recruitment at the University of Alabama, also known as rush, went viral on TikTok. Becoming a viral sensation and cultural phenomenon using the hash tag “Bama Rush,” to date more than 2 billion people have watched. In the upcoming feature documentary BAMA RUSH, Fleit follows four young women as they prepare to rush at the university in 2022. In this documentary, Fleit explores the emotional complexities and stakes of belonging in this crucial window into womanhood.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

There’s a lot about the whole sorority phenomenon that could never fit within the narrow rectangle of a cellphone app. So Bama Rush widens the frame.

May 26, 2023

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Nick Schager

The Daily Beast

What it reveals is an exclusionary environment that views beauty, wealth, privilege, and conformity as the highest of ideals—and which seems, in some cases, to exacerbate the very problems these young women believe it will solve.

May 17, 2023

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Dustin Rowles

Pajiba

I’m not sure that I would call Bama Rush a great documentary, but it is an unwelcome reminder of how superficially brutal Greek life can be.

Aug 31, 2023

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Farah Cheded

A Good Movie To Watch

You might come to Bama Rush looking for a scandalous exposé of Greek life, but the profound insight these young women bring to the film turns it into something much more compelling.

Rated: 68/100

Jul 27, 2023

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Stephen Silver

Splice Today

Manages to make something boring out of what should be a fascinating subject, thanks to a meandering focus, mere lip service paid to serious and weighty subject

Rated: 2/5

Jun 16, 2023

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Jennifer Green

Common Sense Media

Ultimately, this film feels very unsettling. There's a major lack of self-confidence on display, and the idea that there's a cottage industry of rush coaches will come as a surprise to many viewers.

May 31, 2023

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Tina S

This has to be one of the worst docs I've ever seen. Just surface level. Why it didnt delve into the machine? Anything. Boring. Should have never been produced.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/16/25

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Sue M

If the director wanted to do a doc about growing up with Alopecia she should. Unfortunately, this doc became more about her Alopecia than Rushing.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/04/25

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Parker D

Bald lady seeks revenge on SEC Greek life many years after being rejected and picks apart the insecurities of like 5 or 6 random high schoolers while failing to uncover anything interesting or unknown about rushing a sorority at the university of Alabama. Every 20 minutes or so, the audience is jarringly reminded that whatever social or mental struggle of one of the girls displayed, director lady went through much worse because she wore a wig in college. Not to mention, it’s an investigative documentary that fails in the sense that her intentions were largely revealed to the student population months before rush and she failed to get any interesting footage.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/04/24

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Aron J

The director-EP interjecting herself into the film is jarring, distracting, and ruins any attempt at the underlying cohesiveness. If she wanted to make a film about alopecia, she should that & not wasted the viewers time with this end result, which should have been on interesting take on Rush.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/24

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Tracey Q

I wish I could give 0 stars. The trailer was incredibly misleading and throughout the film you found out nothing interesting about Greek life and focused far too long on the director's personal struggles in life and her unsuccessful attempt to relate the two. I've literally never written a review on here before, but I am so annoyed for wasting the last hour of a half of my life watching this so I felt compelled to warn others.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/07/24

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Robert C

Teaser doc about sorority recruitment at U of A made a mountain out of a molehill. And, I'm not a fan of the Greek system.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/27/23

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In August 2021, the long-held tradition of sorority recruitment at the University of Alabama, also known as rush, went viral on TikTok. Becoming a viral sensation and cultural phenomenon using the hash tag “Bama Rush,” to date more than 2 billion people have watched. In the upcoming feature documentary BAMA RUSH, Fleit follows four young women as they prepare to rush at the university in 2022. In this documentary, Fleit explores the emotional complexities and stakes of belonging in this crucial window into womanhood.

Director: Rachel Fleit
Producer: Andrew Freston, Danny Gabai, Zachary Luke Kislevitz
Distributor: Max
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2023
Runtime: 1h 41m

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