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Crooklyn
Directed by
Spike Lee
PG-13
1994
1h 54m
Comedy
,
Drama
7.0
79%
90%
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Spike Lee's vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school teacher, her stubborn jazz musician husband and their five kids living in Brooklyn in 1973.
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Cast of Crooklyn
Alfre Woodard
Carolyn Carmichael
Delroy Lindo
Woody Carmichael
David Patrick Kelly
Tony Eyes / Jim
Zelda Harris
Troy Carmichael
Carlton Williams
Clinton Carmichael
Sharif Rashed
Wendell Carmichael
Tse-Mach Washington
Joseph Carmichael
Christopher Knowings
Nate Carmichael
José Zúñiga
Tommy La La
Isaiah Washington
Vic Powell
Ivelka Reyes
Jessica
Spike Lee
Snuffy / Director / Writer / Producer
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Uncle Brown
Frances Foster
Aunt Song
Manny Perez
Hector
RuPaul
Bodega Woman
Keith Johnson
Cornell
Tiasha Reyes
Minnie
Raymond Reliford
Barry
Harvey Williams
Delray
Peewee Love
Possom (Greg)
Bokeem Woodbine
Richard
Mildred Clinton
Mrs. Columbo
Emelise Aleandri
Florence
Omar Scroggins
Cecil
Danielle K. Thomas
Kesha
Asia Gilyard
Cathy
Carmen Tillery
Brenda
N. Jeremi Reyes
Right Hand Man
Norman Matlock
Clem
Patriece Nelson
Viola
Taneal Royal
Ray-Ray
Kendell Freeman
Rick
Kewanna Bonaparte
Peanut
Gary Perez
Juan
Arthur French
West Indian Store Manager
Yolande Morris
Sheila
Dan Grimaldi
Con Ed Man
Susan J. Jacks
Tammy
Christopher Wynkoop
TV Evangelist
Rene Ojeda
Louie
Tracy Vilar
Monica
Michele Shay
Drunk Woman
Hector M. Ricci Jr.
Tito
Nadijah Abdul-Khalia
Vicki
Bruce Hawkins
Funeral Mourner
Richard Whiten
Neighbor
Michelle Rosario
Neighbor
Maurie A. Chandler
Judy
Monet A. Chandler
Jody
Zay Smith
Boy In Street
Derrick Peart
Supermarket Customer
Ulysses Terrero
Supermarket Customer
Johnette Cook
Supermarket Customer
Désirée Murray
Supermarket Customer
Jesse Astro
Jesse Plasto
Jose Camel
Jose Rillo
Joie Lee
Aunt Maxine / Writer
Cinqué Lee
Writer
Crooklyn Ratings & Reviews
Detroit Free Press
Anderson Jones
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.
Bitch Media
Alyx Vesey
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.
Common Sense Media
Lynnette Nicholas
Nuanced depiction of a black family in Brooklyn; language.
Patheos
Eve Tushnet
In spite of the flaws of the Virginia interlude I really enjoyed this.
LarsenOnFilm
Josh Larsen
...a relaxed portrayal of African-American domesticity, anchored by strong performances.
Newsweek
David Ansen
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.
Hartford Courant
Malcolm Johnson
Crooklyn, a gentle and touching tale of growing up in a melting-pot neighborhood of Brooklyn in the Partridge Family era, shows a different, more sentimental side of that cinematic firebrand, Spike Lee.
TIME Magazine
Richard Schickel
Lee is a great self-promoter. After all his press releases and all his interviews, we are given films that are sketchy, unfelt and distancing -- incidents in Lee's career, the only drama that really interests him.
TV Guide
While Lee fails to impose sufficient structure on his material, expertly drawn performances help vividly to evoke the family and street life of an era untroubled by crack or drive-by shootings.
Cinema Crazed
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A sub-par vision of Brooklyn with some bright spots
Nolan's Pop Culture Review
Michael A. Smith
An affectionate look at youthful adventures.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Loosely based on Spike Lee's growing up in Brooklyn in the 1970s, the casual, warm, apolitical (for Lee) script took a life of its own during the development process.
Lawrence Journal-World
Jon Niccum
One of Lee's more modest but admirable pieces.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
It's the first Spike Lee film with the potential to be turned into a television show. More important, it's the first one to display real warmth of heart.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
This remarkable movie will haunt you for a good long time.
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.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
A winning work whose charms far outweigh any pitfalls.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Modulating from heavy to light, from angry to lyrical, and so on, the movie's an enjoyable, emotional symphony.
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