Pathetic? Who are you kidding?

Rating: 9/10 (10 December 2002)

Commenting is not something that I usually do but I am soooooooooooo incredibly amazed and offended that somebody had the blaring audacity to say that this film was pathetic! There is absolutely nothing pathetic about this film, in fact as huge fan of both Spike Lee and Denzel Washington, this was my favorite film with the two of them working together. The cinematography is just beautiful - I remember sitting in the theater and saying "who the hell shot this?" and as far as Denzel not being totally on point, that's a crock of sh*t. He is so in the right as is Rosario Dawson, who's obviously just a born natural. If there was any stiffness in the film, it was in the acting skills of Denzel's son, but what do you want from someone that's really a basketball player and not a trained actor? As for the scenes between Milla and Denzel, yeah, that sub plot doesn't totally work, but it certainly doesn't hurt the film. If anything, I think Spike Lee grew up a lot with this movie. I think it's a beautiful, gourgeous, grungy, real film and I think it rocks.