Lee is a great self-promoter. After all his press releases and all his interviews, we are given films that are sketchy, unfelt and distancing -- incidents in Lee's career, the only drama that really interests him.
Crooklyn
A new look at the old neighborhood.
1994 · 1h 54m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Spike Lee
Overview
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
Director and cast
- Spike Lee Director
- Alfre Woodard as Carolyn Carmichael
- Delroy Lindo as Woody Carmichael
- David Patrick Kelly as Tony Eyes / Jim
- Zelda Harris as Troy
- Carlton Williams as Clinton
- Sharif Rashed as Wendell
- Tse-Mach Washington as Joseph
- Christopher Knowings as Nate
- José Zúñiga as Tommy La La
- Isaiah Washington as Vic
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
The key problem is that the film is simply a ragged series of anecdotal sketches.
It's the first Spike Lee film with the potential to be turned into a television show. More important, it's the first one to display real warmth of heart.
This remarkable movie will haunt you for a good long time.
Modulating from heavy to light, from angry to lyrical, and so on, the movie's an enjoyable, emotional symphony.
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