This remarkable movie will haunt you for a good long time.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Crooklyn is not in any way an angry film. But thinking about the difference between its world and ours can make you angry, and I think that was one of Lee's purposes here.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Crooklyn comes to the screen with an upbeat tone and a lot of heart. Beneath the surface of this deceptively simple motion picture lurks a keen insight.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Howe
Modulating from heavy to light, from angry to lyrical, and so on, the movie's an enjoyable, emotional symphony.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Janet Maslin
Messy as the semiautobiographical Crooklyn often is, it succeeds in becoming a touching and generous family portrait, a film that exposes welcome new aspects of this director's talent.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Crooklyn has a warm, nostalgic, spilling-over-the-edges effusiveness that is new to Lee's work. At the same time, the movie often seems every bit as high-strung as the family it's about.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
With characters this alive, it's a pity that no one was able to build a more convincing film around them, instead of leaving everyone more or less out there on their own. [13 May 1994, p.1]Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
Both leads and young Harris make Crooklyn an exasperating might-have-been, especially given the movie's surprisingly affecting wrap-up. There's no dearth of human feeling here, but a dearth of craft. [13 May 1994, p.8D]Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Schickel
Our natural sympathy for the Carmichaels is sabotaged by crude and careless moviemaking.Read Full Review »
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