another great piece by Spike

Rating: 10/10 (17 June 2006)

As with all of his other movies, I left the theater feeling as though my soul had been fed. He works at so many levels, and with such grace. Visually stunning, intellectually challenging, morally compelling, and socially rich.
In contrast to Summer of Sam and 25th hr, this is a feelgood film, at least in the sense that the good guys are rewarded, and the bad guy (there is really only one here) is headed for the precipice. But that's just a scaffold for a complex crime grafted to a simple moral story. Or at least it would have been simple (the Holocaust was an affront to humanity, and don't forget who took down the world trade center), if Spike Lee was not the premier black filmmaker of his era. What kind of wheaties does this guy eat for breakfast? Can the rest of the country get some?
If there is justice in the world, Spike Lee will eventually be known as the best film maker of our generation. Thank goodness he continues to produce in the absence of commercial success and recognition. You go Spike!