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Crooklyn

1994 · 114 min

A sun-drenched, bittersweet memory of childhood that balances rowdy family comedy with the quiet ache of loss.

Tagline
A new look at the old neighborhood.
Overview
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • grief
  • parenthood
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Spike Lee
Written by
Spike Lee, Joie Lee, Cinqué Lee
Starring
Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, David Patrick Kelly, Zelda Harris, Carlton Williams, Sharif Rashed, Tse-Mach Washington, Christopher Knowings
Music
Terence Blanchard
Cinematography
Arthur Jafa
Runtime
114 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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