I still think that Mr. Lee has come closer than he ever has before to making the great film about New York City that David Thomson hoped from him in a favorable mini-bio in The New Biographical Dictionary of Film.
25th Hour
Can you change your whole life in one day?
2002 · 2h 15m · R
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Spike Lee
Overview
On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.
Director and cast
- Spike Lee Director
- Edward Norton as Monty Brogan
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Jacob Elinsky
- Barry Pepper as Frank Slaughtery
- Rosario Dawson as Naturelle Riviera
- Anna Paquin as Mary D'Annuzio
- Brian Cox as James Brogan
- Isiah Whitlock, Jr. as Agent Flood
- Tony Siragusa as Kostya Novotny
- Levan Uchaneishvili as Uncle Nikolai
- Tony Devon Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Lee and his cast are so adept at getting us acquainted with Monty and these other people that we wind up feeling like we've known them for years.
Pretty lethargic stuff.
It's the usual undisciplined, overextended Spike symphony: more fun than it is any good.
Lee has created that rarity in filmmaking: a movie we need, right now.
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