DVD : Crooklyn

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 9780783230528
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783230524
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 23, 1999
Running Time: 115 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: May 13, 1994
Sales Rank: 6926
MPN: MCAD20515D

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
The wife and children of a jobless jazz musician deal with everyday life in 1970s brooklyn. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 10/24/2006 Starring: Frances Foster Carlton Williams Run time: 115 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Spike Lee

Amazon.com essential video:
Spike Lee's semiautobiographical, 1994 film about the good and bad times for a Brooklyn family in the '70s has passion and nostalgic good feeling, but it is also a mess of random reflections and arbitrary storytelling. The centerpiece of the movie is a little girl (Zelda Harris) who views the ups and downs of her parents' experiences (mom and dad are played by Delroy Lindo and Alfre Woodard), and who navigates the life of her neighborhood. Lee tosses in a lot of '70s detail (watching The Partridge Family) and other diversions (Harris's journey through suburbia), but he has no master sensibility controlling the flow of it all. The film is more wearying than anything, although bright spots include Lindo's fine performance as a talented man suffering from irrelevance. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- A tree grows in Crooklyn
Ahhh who can forget the good Ol' days of Spike Lee films that had heart as well as insight? Who can forget this gem?
Crooklyn is loosely based on Spike Lee's life growing up. Its mostly a story that mostly details the struggles of a family growing up in Brooklyn as seen through the eyes of Troy(played by Zelda Harris). There are beautiful performances to be seen here. Alfre Woodard's presense is felt as the stern but loving mother of four kids and Delroy Lindo's is great as the father who ... Read More

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- Spike Lee With Heart!
This is a wonderful movie. My favorite from Spike Lee. It tells an autobiographical story about a mother dying from cancer and its effect on the youngest girl in the house. It uses a lot of fun techniques to create a nostalgic mood for the 1970s and offers differences between urban and suburban African-American lifestyles in a hilarious comparison. The movie has quite a bit of love in it and that carries the story above and beyond the usual family history movie. The girl's impression of the ... Read More

Rating:

- Lee's trip down memory lane
Crookyln involes Spike Lee's trip down memory lane and it's a memorable one. The cinematography and script are all excellent as always and the soundtrack represents the seventies very well. The film's only down point is that it's a bit long but still a great heartwarming film.

Rating:

- FAVORITE MOVIE OF LIFE
This has been my favorite movie since first seeing it when I was nine! I love it and make any of my friends who hasn't seen it watch it. Such a classic!

Rating:

- I dont remember the movie being this boring
I loved this movie hen I was younger. Thats why I purchased it. The movie got very boring at times.

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