Summer of Sam | | Cast : | John Leguizamo, Mira Sorvino, Adrien Brody | | Director : | Spike Lee | | Studio : | Touchstone Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | July 02, 1999 | | DVD Released Date : | August 05, 2003 | | Language : | English (Original Language), English (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 08, 2005 | | Summary | My Luger says this is a f....king great movie! | Content
 | Spike Lee has made many great films and SOS might not be his best, but I'm amazed at the negative reviews here. I was knocked over by it in 1999 and I watched it again tonight just to make sure I wasn't drunk that night. Nope. It is a great movie! Rent it and make up your own mind. All the actors big and small are excellent. The Son of Sam element keeps the suspense excruciating up until the last minute. (The only unbelievable part was that anyone married to Mira Sorvino would cheat on her!) |
| Rating | | | Date | July 28, 2005 | | Summary | Awful | Content
| I dont think that Spike Lee is a racist.However,I think that he is a hypocrite.He tends to portray people of different races stereotypically,which is the exact same thing that he complains about.The Italians in this are so unbelievable dumb,they are like caricatures of caricatures!I dont think that Spike is trying to say that all Italians behave like this because he is too smart a man to think like that.However,he complains about white directors who do the same thing with black characters!Im not sure if he intended this film to be a comedy,but thats what it was to me.And who is the genius who chose John Leguizamo to play an Italian?Please!Avoid this one! |
| Rating | | | Date | May 09, 2005 | | Summary | Summer of Sam = Non-Stop Action!!! | Content
| A wonderful movie that I, Justin Teplitz, really enjoyed in 1999. It's about a group of Italians living in New York City when the "Son of Sam" murders occured in the 70s. Based on a true story, it displays the harms of drugs and paranoia among friends while showing how random serial killers can get with their killings. This movie was never boring and was somewhat realistic, and every native New Yorker would appreciate Summer of Sam!!! justin teplitz |
| Rating | | | Date | March 22, 2005 | | Summary | Most disappointing movie directed by Spike Lee | Content
| I had such high expectations about this movie because John Leguizamo was in it and I'm a big fan of his. But he couldn't save this 2 hour plus disaster. I thought it would have been this great battle of Vinnie (Leguizamo) and Richie (Adrien Brody) vs. The Son Of Sam. Instead they keep the killer a complete mystery for most of the movie and focus more on Vinnie's rocky marriage and cheating ways and Richie's identity crisis. That was such a jip. Mira Sorvino looked real awkward playing Vinnie's wife and the ever so annoying Jennifer Esposito was in it which made the movie even more bad as Ruby, Richie's girlfriend. And during the few moments involving the killer, they were very disturbing ones. This is based on a true story. Spike Lee had the best intentions of directing this but this is by far the worst movie he has ever directed. Then again all directors at least have one bad movie. From start to finish, this is a colossal disappointment! |
| Rating | | | Date | March 14, 2005 | | Summary | Abysmal!!! | Content
| What an awful film. I saw this in a theatre and will never forget when, in what supposed to be a moment of terror and psychosis, David Berkowitz begins to hear a dog speak to him. The audience howled with laughter! I wanted to walk out, but my friend didn't and he had the car keys. Avoid this unless you crave a really violent episode of "Welcome Back, Kotter!" |
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