Synopsis
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
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Cast
- Alfre WoodardCarolyn Carmichael
- Delroy LindoWoody Carmichael
- David Patrick KellyTony Eyes / Jim
- Zelda HarrisTroy Carmichael
- Carlton WilliamsClinton Carmichael
- Sharif RashedWendell Carmichael
- Tse-Mach WashingtonJoseph Carmichael
- Christopher KnowingsNate Carmichael
- José ZúñigaTommy La La
- Isaiah WashingtonVic Powell
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
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. - 88
Rolling Stone
This remarkable movie will haunt you for a good long time. - 78
Austin Chronicle
Crooklyn is a winning work whose charms far outweigh any pitfalls. - 75
ReelViews
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. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Spike Lee's Crooklyn is a charming little movie. [14 May 1994] - 75
Christian Science Monitor
On its own intimate terms, it's one of the most winning films on family life to reach the screen in ages. - 70
The New York Times
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. - 70
Washington Post
Modulating from heavy to light, from angry to lyrical, and so on, the movie's an enjoyable, emotional symphony.
