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Jungle Fever

1991 · 132 min

A raw, emotionally charged drama that confronts racial tensions and personal betrayals with unflinching honesty and moments of sharp humor.

Directed by: Spike Lee
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee

Overview: A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.

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Directed by: Spike Lee
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: race
love
betrayal
family
addiction
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	4
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Spike Lee
Written by: Spike Lee
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Lonette McKee, John Turturro
Music: Terence Blanchard, Stevie Wonder
Cinematography: Ernest R. Dickerson
Runtime: 132 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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