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Miracle at St. Anna Reviews

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Movie Info


Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

September 26, 2008

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Spike Lee

Starring :

Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, John Turturro, D.B. Sweeney, Walton Goggins, Pierfrancesco Favino, Valentina Cervi, Robert John Burke, Malcolm Goodwin, Lidia Biondi

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

2.5 of 4

“..overlong and poorly focused..”
by James Berardinelli [Reelviews]
“..occasionally corny and didactic..”
by A.O. Scott [NY Times]
2 of 4

“..Miracle at St. Anna aspires to be epic, but mostly it's just unfocused, sprawling and badly in need of editing..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
Review rate : C-

“..joyless..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
3 of 5

“..always engaging, but the constant tonal shifts sometimes disjoint what should have been a seamless narrative..”
by Marco Cerritos [Boxoffice Magazine]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
Review rate : C
Reviewed by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post Intelligencer]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic.com]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]

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I've read numerous reviews for this film and have to ask myself, "What film did these guys see?". I've seen it twice and both times was deeply moved by the characters, the story and the music. There wasn't a dry eye in the house on both occasions. Both men and women are crying at the end of this movie. The forst time I saw it, you could hear the audience cry as the movie trudged toward the finale. In a dismal year for film (with Iron Man) being the exception, it was wonderful to see a movie where people actually cared about and liked the characters in the movie. I hope Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard get awards for this wonderful movie.

posted by dbb909 on Oct 15, 2008

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posted by Yoftafld on Jul 15, 2009
 
 

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