Crooklyn

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Crooklyn

PG-13

1994

1h 52m

Drama

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As her teacher mother, Carolyn (Alfre Woodard), and her jazz musician father, Woody (Delroy Lindo), worry over monthly bills, grade-schooler student Troy Carmichael (Zelda Harris) banters and bonds with her four brothers. Against her will, Troy is sent to her aunt's southern home for a summer visit, but when she returns to her bustling Brooklyn neighborhood, she learns that a family member is gravely ill. Already mature, Troy is forced to face to some very grown-up facts about life and loss.

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Critics Consensus

A personal project that warmly reflects on director Spike Lee's childhood, Crooklyn is an episodic celebration of family and the indelible facets of one's hometown.

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Anderson Jones

Detroit Free Press

04/26/2022

3/4

Because Lee's previous films have been so fervently about something that they smothered much of the very humanity Crooklyn celebrates, the relaxed gait is strikingly apparent.

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Alyx Vesey

Bitch Media

01/05/2021

Apart from being the two female presences in the house, Carolyn sees singular fortitude and possibility in Troy. Their scenes together are the heart of the movie.

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David Ansen

Newsweek

06/05/2018

Lee seems to confuse noise with drama: the bickering Carmichaels create quite a racket, but we're seldom moved by their plight. In his most desperate moment, Lee shoots a long sequence through a distorted lens.

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Alex Papaioannou

InSession Film

10/31/2023

Unfathomable. Yet, as Crooklyn demonstrates, what may be out of reach for most is quite literally what Lee was born to do.

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Saffron Maeve

Screen Slate

03/05/2023

An elegiac Bed-Stuy fairy tale.

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Lynnette Nicholas

Common Sense Media

09/16/2019

4/5

Nuanced depiction of a black family in Brooklyn; language.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Aug 16

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Ronald R.

@RonaldMiamiMovieCritic Jul 16

Great Movie!!! Highly Recommended!!! A++ 🍿🎥🍿

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Jekia F

Jun 15

My favorite movie of all time! I loved it the day it debuted in theaters. Crooklyn makes me yearn for a time I never lived. I own this so every chance I get I watch it when I needs a good laugh or cry.

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Dave S

06/06/2024

In what is probably writer/director Spike Lee’s most personal effort, Crooklyn tells the story of the Carmichael family in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn in the summer of 1973. Alfre Woodard and Delroy Lindo play the beleaguered parents, struggling financially to stay afloat, gingerly negotiating their own loving but fragile relationship, and fighting to keep their five children from the dangers of the neighborhood. While it’s not without its shortcomings (the constant arguments get tiring at times, the distorted lens used when they leave home is annoying, and the soundtrack, which has some solid tunes, doesn’t always match the mood of the scene), Crooklyn is saved by some great dialogue, compelling characters, and great performances by Lindo, Woodard, and Zelda Harris as the young daughter.

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tiffany g

@nenanomas 10/22/2023

spike lee's best movie after malcolm x.

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Steve D

02/19/2023

Spike's normal heartfelt powerful work. I would rather it focus on the adults but it is moving.

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Synopsis

As her teacher mother, Carolyn (Alfre Woodard), and her jazz musician father, Woody (Delroy Lindo), worry over monthly bills, grade-schooler student Troy Carmichael (Zelda Harris) banters and bonds with her four brothers. Against her will, Troy is sent to her aunt's southern home for a summer visit, but when she returns to her bustling Brooklyn neighborhood, she learns that a family member is gravely ill. Already mature, Troy is forced to face to some very grown-up facts about life and loss.

Director: Spike Lee
Producer: Spike Lee
Screenwriter: Joie Lee
Production Co: Universal Pictures, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 3, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.8M
Runtime: 1h 52m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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