Lee is a filmmaker who, through talent, accomplishment, and a constant working of the refs in the Hollywood system, has earned autonomy over his films. I'm all for artistic freedom, but here he could have used a bit of oversight.
Miracle at St. Anna
World War II had its heroes and its miracles.
2008 · 2h 40m · R
Drama, War
Directed by
Spike Lee
Overview
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.
Director and cast
- Spike Lee Director
- Derek Luke as Sergeant Aubrey Stamps
- Michael Ealy as Sergeant Bishop Cummings
- Laz Alonso as Corporal Hector Negron
- John Turturro as Detective Antonio Ri
- Valentina Cervi as Renata
- Pierfrancesco Favino as Peppi 'The Great Butterfly' Grotta
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tim Boyle
- John Leguizamo as Enrico
- Matteo Sciabordi as Angelo Torancelli (The Boy)
- Kerry Washington Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
It's impressive that a filmmaker of Lee's distinction is willing to continue to push boundaries.
Clocking in at 160 minutes, this interminable movie comes across like a rough cut. Perhaps Lee believed its length would give it gravitas. The opposite is true.
Given the importance of that subject, the real mystery of Mr. Lee's movie is why it's so diffuse, dispirited, emotionally distanced and dramatically inert.
Overwrought, overproduced, overbusy and overlong, Miracle at St. Anna finally suffers from the worst filmmaking sin of all: the failure of trust, in the story and the audience.
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