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Crooklyn
1994
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. Read more
| Starring | Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo |
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| Director | Spike Lee |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
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Crooklyn
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.
| Starring | Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo |
|---|---|
| Director | Spike Lee |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 49 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 23 Feb 2000 Production year: 1994 |
| Format | DVD |
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An African-American family living in 1970s Brooklyn struggles to recover from the racial turmoil of the 1960s in this semi-autobiographical tale inspired by director Spike Lee's youth. Alfre Woodard and Delroy Lindo are excellent as the middle-class Carmichaels, whose household is a reflection of the outside tensions tearing at the fabric of society. While not as confrontational as Lee's other films, Crooklyn still suffers slightly from the director's choppy narrative style. That said, this nostalgic look at an important period in the history of race relations is a sure and mature work, while the soundtrack of nonstop R 'n' B hits is superb.
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This semi-comic look at middle-class family life in Brooklyn, New York, in the mid-'70s was written by Spike Lee and... read more on Time Out
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9 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Hidden Gem
This surprisingly unknown Spike Lee flick is one of his best, with a suprisingly more upbeat mood compared to the majority of his work (still with the inevitable un-hollywood ending of Lee's films). It tells the story of a family in Brooklyn during the 70's, with rich characters all around and scenes of everyday life beautifully and simply shown. Just give it a try and be surprised
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Well made, great music, but so sentimental you'll barf
Crooklyn is so horribly mawkish that it actually taints the rest of Spike Lee's oeuvre. It has spoiled his other films for me - made me feel that they also were self indulgent and sentimental and any value I found in them was projection. It's not true - he's done some marvelous (if flawed) stuff - but this film definitely lets the rest down.
Nevertheless, Crooklyn is very well made - if you like that sort of thing; the performances are very strong, especially the girl (the protagonist); and the music is great. -
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