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Summer of Sam
Directed by
Spike Lee
R
1999
2h 22m
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Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
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Cast of Summer of Sam
John Leguizamo
Vinny
Adrien Brody
Ritchie
Mira Sorvino
Dionna
Jennifer Esposito
Ruby
Michael Rispoli
Joey T
Saverio Guerra
Woodstock
Brian Tarantina
Bobby Del Fiore
Al Palagonia
Anthony
Ken Garito
Brian
Bebe Neuwirth
Gloria
Patti LuPone
Helen
Mike Starr
Eddie
Anthony LaPaglia
Detective Lou Petrocelli
Roger Guenveur Smith
Detective Curt Atwater
Ben Gazzara
Luigi
Joe Lisi
Tony Olives
James Reno
Crony
Arthur J. Nascarella
Mario
John Savage
Simon
Jimmy Breslin
Jimmy Breslin
Summer of Sam Ratings & Reviews
The Ringer
Adam Nayman
...a scorching melodrama about childhood friends-played by John Leguizamo and Adrien Brody-whose relationship reaches an emotional boiling point.
Newsweek
David Ansen
Summer of Sam, for all its flash and well-crafted fury, is only superficially disturbing. It's a nightmare stroll down memory lane: feel-bad nostalgia.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Like most of Lee's work, this bites off more than it can chew, but the breadth and energy are impressive.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
This is trashy exploitation at its clumsiest. Once more, a Spike Lee movie has been undone by the earnestness of being important.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Lee is a powerful filmmaker who certainly knows how to have an impact on an audience, but those who survive his ministrations are likely to wonder if in this case the battle was worth the bruises.
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
[A] harrowing, vivid and slow-burning entry in an urban diary that finds Lee operating under a fascinating restraint.
Houston Chronicle
Jeff Millar
If Lee could swap background with foreground, this would be a sensational film.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
Furiously enthralling!
Salon.com
Sarah Vowell
I felt like I wasn't watching it, I was in it.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
In Summer of Sam, Spike Lee isn't interested in truth - or coherence, for that matter.
Film.com
Tom Keogh
An incoherent mess!
Film.com
Peter Brunette
Lee's just not a good enough filmmaker - and finally, not smart enough - to achieve the grand statements that he's apparently after.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Lee's best films thrum with a wound-up energy, and Summer of Sam vibrates with fear, guilt and lust.
New York Post
Rod Dreher
A ragged mess that only rarely connects with its audience or with a point.
Newsday
John Anderson
Messy and belligerent.
Dallas Morning News
Philip Wuntch
Even the most colorful and/or poignant characters in Summer of Sam have a plastic, servicing-the-plot quality.
Variety
Todd McCarthy
This is the closest Lee has yet come to Scorsese territory!
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
The elements are there but the movie isn't.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
A pedestrian-looking mishmash of a movie!
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
It's Lee's best joint in a long time, and while it's far from perfect, it's also the most intelligently riveting film out there this summer, so far.
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