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Overview

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6.5/10   2,801 votes
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Director:
Spike Lee
Writers:
Cinqué Lee (writer)
Joie Lee (screenplay)
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Release Date:
13 May 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Plot:
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. | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Alfre Woodard ... Carolyn Carmichael

Delroy Lindo ... Woody Carmichael

David Patrick Kelly ... Tony Eyes / Jim
Zelda Harris ... Troy
Carlton Williams ... Clinton
Sharif Rashed ... Wendell
Tse-Mach Washington ... Joseph
Christopher Knowings ... Nate

José Zúñiga ... Tommy La La

Isaiah Washington ... Vic
Ivelka Reyes ... Jessica

Spike Lee ... Snuffy
N. Jeremi Duru ... Right Hand Man
Frances Foster ... Aunt Song
Norman Matlock ... Clem
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for drug content.
Runtime:
115 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby

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Trivia:
Bokeem Woodbine's film debut. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the store, Troy buys a bag of chips, lemon heads, bazooka gum, licorice, fireballs and Boston baked beans. When she gets home all of the boys pull out all of the candy from the bag and Troy is seen eating a candy necklace, obviously something she did not buy. more
Quotes:
Nate: May I PLEASE be excused?
Carolyn Carmichael: No you will not. You're gonna sit there until you eat every black eyed pea on that plate!
[to the kids]
Carolyn Carmichael: And when I come home tonight, I want this kitchen clean.
Clinton: [the kids groan] See what you started, Nate? Shoot!
Nate: I HATE Black-eyed peas!
Carolyn Carmichael: Yeah, that's right! There's no reason why your father and I should have to run around here cleaning up after you shifty Negroes!
Clinton: Daddy don't make us clean up, don't you, Daddy?
Woody Carmichael: [Pouring lemonade in glass] I ain't in this. Leave me out of this.
Carolyn Carmichael: Your daddy may not mind but your momma do. I'm going with your father to a gig tonight and when I come home, this house BET-TER be clean. I'll be goddamed if I should have to do anything when I come home from work but sleep and relax!
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Uneven Joint, 20 May 2007
7/10
Author: OllieZ from Wolves, England

Although I wouldn't say this is a great Lee film, it is still very solid. There isn't a story as such, instead it is a love letter to childhood and family life in Brooklyn. Imagine Radio Days, including the sentimental streak.

The actors are great and this movie only goes to prove that Delroy Lindo is one of the best actors around. Zelda Harris as the young girl, Troy, is also brilliant. Alfre Woodard is the pivot of the film, around which most of the film revolves around - even if she has less than Troy.

Tonally the film doesn't quite click. Sometimes the original music is quite sour and does not fit with the images. Some scenes seem forced.

But the amazing soundtrack helps put things right.

Even though the film isn't perfect, it has a great soundtrack and a very unique take on things.

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