Crooklyn

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Summary: You have to see this movie
Review: Spike Lee made an amazing film about the life of an african american family. The casting is brilliant and this is a must see movie. This is one of my all time fav.'s and I'm sure that anyone with some good taste will fall inlove with this movie, like I did.

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Summary: Funniest sofa-bed scene in the history of movies!
Review: There is much to commend "Crooklyn". Each shot is composed with a level of craftsmanship and creativity approaching Hitchcock, and the rich visual ideas just keep coming at you. In particular, I loved how the glue sniffers moved along the sidewalk upside down to suggest their state of mind, and the way the whole Maryland episode was shot in a smashed-in distored fashion to underscore that it was "squeaky clean" suburbia that was stifling and strange (and thus potentially damaging) to little Troy, not her crowded Brooklyn neighborhood. And what's nice is that these visual ideas don't exist is a vacuum, but are housed in a genuinely good movie. The episodic story is funny, touching, involving, and rings true from start to finish. The movie also has what must be the funniest sight gag involving someone opening a sofa-bed in the history of movies. But to say more would be a crime-- see it for yourself! And, rest assured, you'll enjoy the rest of "Crooklyn", too.

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Summary: A masterpiece of honesty and evidence of Spike Lee's genius!
Review: This film is probably one of the best films ever produced from an autobiographical point of view. It's depiction of the 70s and the world through the eyes of a child is so well crafted that you "lose" yourself in this film. It literally transforms you and takes you back to this time and you totally relate to the experiences, the love, the anger, the joy, the sadness that exists in this family. Alfre Woodard and Delroy Lindo give performances that are just too good to put into words. But, folks, the work of the young actress who is at the center of this movie is absolutely astonishing. She is completely believable and in my opinion born to play this role. How they found her just goes to prove that probably the strongest talent that Spike Lee has, among his many, is his ability to cast his films. This little woman steals the movie from every accomplished actor/actress in this movie and I can't imagine it having worked without her. This is a must see film and should be watched when you have some quiet time and want to relax and enjoy a good, heartwarming, film about love, family, triumph and tragedy, friendship, and above all, youth and innocence. A brilliant film.

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Summary: A masterpiece of honesty and evidence of Spike Lee's genius!
Review: This film is probably one of the best films ever produced from an autobiographical point of view. It's depiction of the 70s and the world through the eyes of a child is so well crafted that you "lose" yourself in this film. It literally transforms you and takes you back to this time and you totally relate to the experiences, the love, the anger, the joy, the sadness that exists in this family. Alfre Woodard and Delroy Lindo give performances that are just too good to put into words. But, folks, the work of the young actress who is at the center of this movie is absolutely astonishing. She is completely believable and in my opinion born to play this role. How they found her just goes to prove that probably the strongest talent that Spike Lee has, among his many, is his ability to cast his films. This little woman steals the movie from every accomplished actor/actress in this movie and I can't imagine it having worked without her. This is a must see film and should be watched when you have some quiet time and want to relax and enjoy a good, heartwarming, film about love, family, triumph and tragedy, friendship, and above all, youth and innocence. A brilliant film.

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Summary: Superb !!!!!!
Review: This is a great film about some kids it is about the oldest child being a girl and living with her litle brothers and how they got on her last nerve and how she had stood up for them and living with her mother and father and growing up in the 1970's . This film also showed how it is living in New York the terms and the conditons, and challenges tht you have to face growing up I really enjoy this film!!! I would reccommend anyone to buy this movie!!!!

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Summary: Utterly Terrible
Review: This is one of the downright worst films I have ever saw, close to Waterboy, Vertical Limit, and The Legend of Bagger Vance. The actors in this movie are horrible. I find this movie unbearable and difficult to watch in one seating, continuing to squirm around. I stopped this video at least 15 times, making promises to myself to watch it at a time for 10 to 15 minutes each. The story is god-awful, and this movie has hit the bottom point based on moral values, especially on the perspective of how a ghetto Black family lives. The girl Troy makes me sick to my stomach. How they beat the white neighbor with glasses makes me to say that Spike Lee should be ashamed of himself displaying this kind of mockery. This is movie is an obvious revelation that Spike lee is a racist. I am not a racist, but this kind of scene is giving a message that white people, especially the ugly ones, deserve to be beaten up and made mockery out of. Wake up Spike lee...this is not the 1960's when you can be Malcolm X of the African-American generation in the late 20th and the early 21st century. Spike Lee had no justification to provoke the old anger of Malcolm X through film making. What I don't understand is why Troy (the leading black sister) is so special and still hurts the society and getting away with it. One of the worst line I have heard through the film was, "I hope we don't have to dress up for mommy's funeral." I am speechless as it seems like, the children of the family do not really care about the mother's passing. I don't even appreciate the boy with glasses beating up his siblings and be allowed to have total freedom to choose basketball over anything more important. The mother made me sick to my stomach also. The portrayal of her as a role model is nonexistent. Finally thing to say, when the movie nearly ends and the mother dies, I am calling as an act of disrespect made by Spike Lee in reference to making the movie a "worthy-audience-gripping-to-feeling-sad-for-them" change of tide. I am telling you, this is an absolute one of the worst and racist film I have ever seen, and I have no respect for Spike Lee's work still even though I have seen X, He Got Game, Do the Right Thing, etc.. The most important African American film maker of the decade or even the century? Please...spare me the humor.

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Summary: CROOKLYN!
Review: This is one of the funniest and sad movie I have ever saw. It is about a little girl name troy(Zelda Harris) who lives in Brooklyn and has hard times with family, friends, and neighbors. The movie may sound sad but it is funny. only the end of the movie is the sadest part but I am not going to tell you why. Just see the movie! I love this movie every time I see it. It is FUNNY! The soundtrack is awesome! It had most of my favorite 70's songs.

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Summary: Great performances
Review: This is one of the most overlooked films of recent memory. No one mentions what a great performance Zelda Harris delivers. If Tatum O'Neal can get an Oscar for Paper Moon, then this child certainly deserved at least a nomination. Alfre can do no wrong in my book. A very tender and heartfelt movie - for the whole family, regardless of your ethnic background.

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Summary: One of Spike Lee's best work!
Review: This movie alone justifies why Spike is one of the best directors out there. I love the camera tricks he uses during certain situations in the stories. Particularly when the vertically stretched screen was used as little Troy was staying at her aunt's house, showing the situation as awkward in more ways than one. Crooklyn, in my opinion, did the best job to capture the look and the style of the seventies. The story..the actors and actresses..I loved it all.

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Summary: A realistic review
Review: This movie has no point. It is a series of random events that sometime relate to one another. The acting was descent, but the lack of plot nd story made the movie annoying to watch. You will find yourself waiting for the movie to end and then wishing for it to do so.