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Spike Lee's take on the Son of Sam murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centres on...
Spike Lee's take on the Son of Sam murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centres on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood, living in fear and suspicion of one another. Stars John Leguizamo (Critical Thinking), Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino and Jennifer Esposito.
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50 %104 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
59 %32,485 reviewsAudience score rating
"This is the closest Lee has yet come to Scorsese territory!"
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Variety
Variety"A colourful, wacked-out film. It's a movie nostalgic for a bad time."
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle"Lee's best films thrum with a wound-up energy, and Summer of Sam vibrates with fear, guilt and lust."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"An enormously energetic, flavourful film."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"In Summer of Sam, Spike Lee isn't interested in truth - or coherence, for that matter."
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly"Furiously enthralling!"
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The New York Times
The New York Times"The disappointment with Summer of Sam is not that it's exploitative; it's just difficult to figure out what it's supposed to be about."
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The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail"A terrific movie: jolting, savage, horrifically funny, nightmarishly exciting but also brainy and compassionate."
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune"Overstuffed!"
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USA Today
USA Today"I felt like I wasn't watching it, I was in it."
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Salon
SalonSummer of Sam | Details
- Runtime
- 142
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- Country of origin
- USA
