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Bamboozled
Directed by
Spike Lee
R
2000
2h 16m
Drama
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6.7
53%
74%
6.2
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Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.
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Cast of Bamboozled
Damon Wayans
Pierre Delacroix
Savion Glover
Manray / Mantan
Jada Pinkett Smith
Sloan Hopkins
Tommy Davidson
Womack / Sleep'n Eat
Michael Rapaport
Thomas Dunwitty
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Honeycutt
Paul Mooney
Junebug
Gillian White
Verna
Susan Batson
Orchid Dothan
Yasiin Bey
Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika
M.C. Serch
Mau Mau: 1 / 16th Blak
Gano Grills
Mau Mau: Double Blak
Canibus
Mau Mau: Mo Blak
DJ Scratch
Mau Mau: Jo Blak
Charli Baltimore
Mau Mau: Smooth Blak
Craig muMs Grant
Mau Mau: Hard Blak
Dormeshia Sumbry
Pickaninny: Topsy
Tyheesha Collins
Pickaninny: Aunt Jemima
Cartier Williams
Pickaninny: Lil'nigger Jim
Baakari Wilder
Pickaninny: Sambo
Bamboozled Ratings & Reviews
Vanity Fair
K. Austin Collins
Audacious, vibrant, unsurprisingly maligned but frequently brilliant.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
Spike Lee's sharp, riotous satire, from 2000, zeroes in on the grotesque misrepresentation of blacks in American media-and their underrepresentation in the corporate offices that control it.
Common Sense Media
Nell Minow
Provocative Spike Lee movie for older teens.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
This is basically sloppy, all-over-the-map filmmaking with few hints of self-criticism and few genuine laughs.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
If Mr. Lee meant to bring back blackface entertainment as a metaphor for the current black performers he finds obnoxious, he has miscalculated.
Boxoffice Magazine
Tim Cogshell
It is an inspired but difficult film that poses many questions and takes almost everyone to task, yet offers few suggestions as to what is to be done with this infamous legacy.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
You won't look at race onscreen the same way again.
Newsday
John Anderson
Subtlety, thy name is not Spike Lee.
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
Goes too far in the wrong direction and not far enough where you want it to.
Detroit News
Susan Stark
A movie destined to educate, infuriate, shame and galvanize all who see it.
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
The shortfall in Bamboozled stems from Lee trying to encompass too much, with too many subplots and a far from optimum choice of targets.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Peter Rainer
Poor Mantan Moreland and Hattie McDaniel and all the rest are made to take the rap in this movie for contributing to a legacy of racist degradation. One would think, given what they were up against, that a bit more sympathy might be shown to these people.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
It's a movie that both entertains and provokes -- would we expect anything less from Spike Lee?
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Bamboozled may not be the year's best movie, but it's undoubtedly the most important.
CNN.com
Dennis Michael
Glover is remarkable. His performances are fiery and charismatic, and the internal conflicts he brings to the blackface act are visible both in his acting and dancing performances.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
It's been a long time since I've seen a movie that made me feel, think, laugh and cry -- often simultaneously.
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
The work of a filmmaker completely in control of his craft and determined to say things not everyone wants to hear.
Houston Chronicle
Louis B. Parks
Only sporadically entertaining, always uncomfortable, but arguably as important and brilliant as Do the Right Thing or Malcolm X.
Film.com
Ernest Hardy
What makes Bamboozled so exasperating ... is the hypocrisy and muddled thinking that eventually turn the film into an endurance test for the audience.
Variety
Emanuel Levy
Occasionally biting but excessively melodramatic.
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