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25th Hour

Can you change your whole life in one day?

2002 · 2h 15m · R Crime, Drama
Directed by Spike Lee

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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

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All reviews
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh

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.

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Fresh

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.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten

Pretty lethargic stuff.

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Fresh

It's the usual undisciplined, overextended Spike symphony: more fun than it is any good.

Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh

Lee has created that rarity in filmmaking: a movie we need, right now.

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

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