Crooklyn | | Cast : | Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo | | Director : | Spike Lee | | Studio : | Universal Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | May 13, 1994 | | DVD Released Date : | April 01, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | June 12, 2005 | | Summary | pleasant quasi-bio of growing up in Brooklyn... | Content
 | Delroy Lindo puts in another great performance, the cast is generally very good and here Spike Lee finally gets off the soapbox for a change. It's just straight bio of sorts, a simple story about a simple family going through some hard times, populated by many memorable characters. Very high reality quotient, nice blast from the past i.e. the Suckin' Seventies. |
| Rating | | | Date | October 28, 2004 | | Summary | Quit Hatin! | Content
| I saw this movie for the first time 10 years ago with my family and fell in love with it. I was however like 9 so I decided to watch it again to see if I still liked it and I must say that this is one of the best movies I have ever seen. It reminds me so much of my own personal life it was scary. All these people who didnt like the movie are too focused on the unimportant facts of a movie and not looking at the movie itself. It has alot of truths in it and I think it is well worth th time and money to explore it and figure out where it parallels your life. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 24, 2004 | | Summary | This film's a mess, but still enjoyable. | Content
| I think Spike Lee was trying to make an African American version of the wonderful book "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" -- but all of the Gershwin-esque music and fabulous camerawork can't hide a story severely lacking in purpose and that wastes too much time on irrelevancies. When it suddenly turns to serious drama, the performances warrant it but the tone and direction of the film do not. The most glaring shortcoming of the film is the attempt to pull of the various "characters" of the neighborhood -- with very little to no success. It's a shame because this was one of the great things in "Do The Right Thing." Still, he has such fabulous style and such an ear for dialogue that this film is a rich pleasure to watch. If it weren't for Lee's masterful talents this film would be quite poor -- maybe even a one-star review. That's quite a complement to him I think. |
| Rating | | | Date | November 11, 2003 | | Summary | ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES | Content
| THIS MOVIE IS GOOD AND SEMI-REALISTIC....ALL THE ACTORS WERE GREAT(ESPECIALLY ZELDA HARRIS AS LADYBUG)I JUST HATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES AT THE END(IT'S REALLY SAD)BUT OVERALL IT'S A GOOD MOVIE |
| Rating | | | Date | October 26, 2003 | | Summary | Superb !!!!!! | Content
| 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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