Spike Lee strikes again

Rating: 6/10 (4 December 2015)

The quality of the writing saves this from being another good film ruined by the untalented Spike Lee. He does manage to get a few of his idiotic signatures into the film: the shot of the dim bulb future brother in law passed out and gripping a 40 of "tha bomb" malt liquor with the bomb fin cap in place, and a scene in which a central character takes a bumpy ride toward the camera on a wheeled platform with a constipated look on his face.
There are also a few ridiculous shots of cops holding their rifles in freehand aim on the bank for minutes on end for no reason. Try holding a rifle on a target freehand with no rest for the weight of the weapon for several minutes and you'll see what makes these shots ridiculous.
This is a good film despite the fact that there's a talentless midget directing. If Lee had managed to ruin this film, the title of this review would have been "Spike Lee strikes (out) again.
Even Spike couldn't ruin this great story.