Cathardincu
Surprisingly incoherent and boring
Exoticalot
People are voting emotionally.
Mjeteconer
Just perfect...
jasmine williams
i grew up on this movie, its really funny. i love the Crooklyns. its funny,joyful, and a family movie to watch. its about family and growing up. singing and dancing fighting with your family. its a great movie and i love it. I HOPE THE COME UP WITH A NUMBER TWO AND ADD ME. THEY NEED A NUMBER TWO TO BETTER THE FILM.i grew up on this movie, its really funny. i love the Crooklyns. its funny,joyful, and a family movie to watch. its about family and growing up. singing and dancing fighting with your family. its a great movie and i love it. I HOPE THE COME UP WITH A NUMBER TWO AND ADD ME. THEY NEED A NUMBER TWO TO BETTER THE FILM.
jjbsdoll
I am a long-time Spike Lee fan and I saw Crooklyn when it first came out. I just watched it again. Seventeen years later, my love for this movie hasn't waned. This is a simple movie about regular human beings living ordinary lives in a specific time and place fondly remembered by Spike Lee (and those of us who grew up in large urban centers in the 70s). It's not in your face, it doesn't preach, it doesn't alienate. It just is-and it's something everyone can relate to who has been a sister/brother/child/parent/close relative/kid enjoying his or her summer. Because of that, I believe this movie is Spike Lee's crowning achievement. Indeed, I think it's a movie that could be envied by other film makers who attempt "slice of life" movies.
edwagreen
You wonder how N.Y.C. teachers can put up with what they have to after viewing this 1994 film. After all, Alfre Woodard plays a teacher herself who heads a dysfunctional family. She and Delroy Lindo give credible performances as parents trying to cope in urban society with 5 children.The children act like too many of our children act today. Rude, loud, boisterous, fighting and again I heard the familiar expression-"Get off of me" when I taught as well.There are 4 boys and 1 girl. When the girl goes stay with family in Virginia during the summer, we find a beautiful home but there is that constant bickering again this time between the uncle and aunt with an adopted teenage daughter.It only takes for a family tragedy for the children to come together.Sad, but unfortunately true, there is tremendous stereotyping here of the African American family. This is not the Cosby show.
heyjamesguesswhat
Crooklyn is an engaging film that stands out in Spike Lee's filmography, not only for Lee's seamless storying of everyday life in 70's Brooklyn, but also because of his interesting and innovative cinematic imagery. The cinematography Lee employs in Crooklyn helps to create fantastic -sometimes even cartoon-like- environments in which his characters spring to life and thrive. His dollying techniques (placing actors on dollies), lens choice, and manipulation of color conspire to add special characteristics to this film. This is a great film to watch not only for Lee's ability to highlight the beauty of the quotidian in his storytelling, but also for the aesthetic qualities that Lee produces with his rich filmic vocabulary.
