Rotten
This is basically sloppy, all-over-the-map filmmaking with few hints of self-criticism and few genuine laughs.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Bamboozled
A Spectacular Film by Mr. Spike Lee
2000 · 2h 16m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Spike Lee
Overview
Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.
Director and cast
- Spike Lee Director
- Damon Wayans as Pierre Delacroix
- Savion Glover as Manray / Mantan
- Tommy Davidson as Womack / Sleep'n Eat
- Jada Pinkett Smith as Sloan Hopkins
- Michael Rapaport as thomas Dunwitty
- Yasiin Bey as Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika (Julius Hopkins)
- Thomas Jefferson Byrd as Honeycutt
- Cheryl Lynn Bowers as Mona
- Paul Mooney as Junebug
- Gillian White Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
53%
Tomatometer
Rotten
If Mr. Lee meant to bring back blackface entertainment as a metaphor for the current black performers he finds obnoxious, he has miscalculated.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Rotten
Lee's satire on American TV is an intriguing failure.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
Rotten
At his best, Spike Lee is too brave to be subtle.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
You won't look at race onscreen the same way again.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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