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Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

jackmeat My quick rating - 6,5/10. This is really more like two stories in one. First is the obvious story about David Berkowitz (for those that don't know he was a serial killer in NYC in the late 70s.) and the second story about a man who has various mental problems and drug problems. Now the two really don't have anything to do with each other minus the fact both are happening at the same time and John Leguizamos character (which was acted very well I might add) has a best friend who is fingered as the Son of Sam (the killer). The acting in this film is well above average and the story itself, even if it is partially based on a true story, which it is, was well written out to hold your attention. I am unsure how I missed this one since serial killers are a thing I tend to be interested in, but I am glad I watched this finally and if you do, I am sure you will agree it was a good flick. Enjoy.

SnoopyStyle It's the Bronx summer of 1977 and the Son of Sam serial killer is on the loose. After a night of disco dancing, hair dresser Vinny (John Leguizamo) and his wife Dionna (Mira Sorvino) encounter the latest victims. Even the mob is enlisted in the search for the killer. Women are changing their hair and people are avoiding public places. Vinny's friend Richie (Adrien Brody) has become a British punk rocker and an outcast in the neighborhood. Vinny's half-sister Ruby (Jennifer Esposito) accepts Richie's changes. The movie also follows David Berkowitz (Michael Badalucco) aka the .44 Caliber Killer. As the pressure mounts, suspicions land on Richie.Spike Lee is tapping into his inner Scorsese. This is a costume drama movie with good style. It has the terrific atmosphere. However the story feels scattered. The movie really needs more focus. Actually the lead should have been Richie rather than Vinny. Also Berkowitz should be left out since the movie is never about catching him. It's an interesting move by Spike Lee but it's a slight miss.

classicalsteve In my opinion, Spike Lee missed out on a great opportunity. The so-called "Son of Sam" was the most feared serial killer in New York in the 1970's, similar to the Zodiac killer of the west coast of a few years earlier. When I heard Spike Lee had made a film about the killer, which I had little knowledge of since I'm a west-coaster, I was excited that this might be a very compelling offering from Lee. Instead, the film is not really about the serial killer "Son of Sam" per se, but rather the film focuses on a community of middle-to-lower middle class Bronx guys and gals during the height of New York paranoia about Son of Sam in the summer of 1977.The story is really about these fictional characters who sometimes hear and/or speak about the Son of Sam killer. For most of my viewing of the film, I kept waiting for the film to develop more about the Son of Sam murders and the investigation. Instead the film centers on these fictional characters: Vinny, a hair dresser married to Dionna, a waitress, Ritchie, a punk-rock aficionado and part-time dancer at a gay bar, and Ruby, Vinny's half-sister who has a crush on Ritchie. At one point a New York police investigator, Detective Petrocelli, asks an urban mob boss, Luigi, to find the killer. Again, this detective is most likely fictional and had nothing to do with the real investigation of the crimes. Late in the film, one of the characters accuses another of being the Son of Sam killer.The poster for this film is very misleading as it shows newspaper headlines about the serial killer Son of Sam. But in truth, Lee's film uses Son of Sam only as a developing crime story in the background while the story is more about these fictional characters. I guess Lee's intent was to present the atmosphere of this strange moment in time in New York, not long before the infamous New York blackout caused perhaps the worst looting of an urban center in United States history. However, the film doesn't focus much on the serial killer and the real investigation. Unfortunately, there has yet to be a good film about the Son of Sam killer which ranks with "Zodiac" made not long after about the Zodiac killer of the San Francisco Bay Area. "Zodiac" focused all of its attention on the killer, his victims and the on-going investigation. "Summer of Son" does not tell the story behind "Son of Sam".

Ben Larson If you like movies about New York, you will love Summer of Sam and it's look at Italian-Americans in the Bronx in the Summer of '77.If you like movies that focus on the characters, rather than the events, then this is a must-see movie, as the reaction of these people to the events of that summer - the soaring heat and a crazy killer who gets his messages from a dog -- is priceless.Forget the killer in the title. He is only a backdrop to the story and is no more important that the heat. What this film is really about is the reaction of these people to a Summer of fear.I love John Leguizamo (Sueño, Land of the Dead, Collateral Damage) and in all the movies I have watched with him, this is his best performance. He is friends with Adrian Brody (Sueño, The Pianist, King Kong), who is, shall we say, a little strange as a punk guitarist who makes gay porn on the side. Friendship give way to peer pressure after he wife (Mira Sorvino) leaves him, and he turns on his friend as a suspect. It really shows how being different automatically makes you feared.The film has a lot a native New Yorkers and some of my favorites, so it really is watchable. In fact, I'll give Spike Lee's treasure another turn to see what I missed.Look for Jennifer Esposito, Michael Rispoli, Bebe Neuwirth, Anthony LaPaglia, and Ben Gazzara in this great cast.Skintastic Moment: Nice shots of Patti LuPone's breasts as she fools around with hubby on the couch.