We caught a screening at the Central Park Film Festival thanks to VIP tickets Aglaia won. A film historian introduced the film as one that Spike Lee would deny that he ever made Crooklyn, embarrassed by its sentimentality. The sentimentality is one aspect of what makes it great. It's a movie with heart. Crooklyn's got heart and community. It's a community sometimes at odds, reminiscent of the block in Do the Right Thing. In a word, community is beautiful. I found myself smiling a lot during the movie. It is very humorous. It's fast paced. And everyone is quite witty. Everyone is yelling over each other but the dialogue is clear and realistic. The soundtrack is perfectly in sync with the tone of the movie. In some ways, it is extremely Spike Lee. His signature is all over it.
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