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Overview
Release Date:
2004 (USA) moreGenre:
DramaPlot:
After the Crown Heights riots, an orthodox Rabbi and a community activist help two youths--one a Hasidic Jew, the other African-American--form a hip-hop group to heal their neighboorhood. | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 2 nominations moreUser Comments:
Hard-hitting material; Dull execution moreCast
(Credited cast)| Liza Balkan | |||
| Jeremy Blackman | |||
| Jason Blicker | |||
| Hart Boykin | ... | Black Man - Interviewed | |
| David Brown | ... | Officer | |
| Darlene Cooke | |||
| Rufus Crawford | |||
| Bob Cryer | ... | Scholem | |
| Dominic Daniel | ... | Muslim Spokesman | |
| Kevin Duhaney | |||
| Jake Epstein | |||
| Sara Farb | |||
| Michele Ferney | |||
| Gil Filar | |||
| Jonathan Goldapple | ... | Schmuli | |
| Dequan Henderson | ... | Boy | |
| Daniel Kash | |||
| Judah Katz | ... | Josh Kramer | |
| Mpho Koaho | |||
| Michael Kopstick | ... | Featured Extra | |
| Barry Lavender | |||
| Colm Magner | |||
| Howie Mandel | ... | Rabbi | |
| Yanna McIntosh | |||
| Mikela J. Mikael | |||
| Panou | (as Panou Mowling) | ||
| Joseph Pierre | |||
| Michael Rubenfeld | |||
| Mario Van Peebles | ... | Paul Johnson | |
| Junior Williams | |||
| Michael Yarmush |
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Rated R for brief language.Parents Guide:
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Brazil:93 minCountry:
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Considering the subject matter, this could've been a powerful, moving drama. The film is adequate, and I didn't hate it in the least, but all in all it's no more than an above-average after-school special. The story is based on real events, but I'm sure the writer and director took many liberties in constructing this predictable plot. The friendship between the two main characters (a Jewish teen and a black teen) seems forced. I'm sure the two guys didn't become friends as easily as they did in the film. Trust me, I lived in an inner city most of my life. I don't imagine two people of such different backgrounds embracing each other so abruptly. There are several implausible scenes in the film, including one where the two guys go to a club. Once again, this one of those clubs that only exist in the movies--the volume of the music is low enough for the characters to understand each other clearly, there are only about 10 people in the club (hinting at the film's lack of budget to afford a decent number of extras), a guy utters the lines "Wanna dance?" and the girl immediately prances onto the dance floor with him, and the girl gives a guy her phone number within seconds. On the bright side, the actors are good all-around, including Howie Mandel (my main reason for picking up the DVD), who gives a subdued dramatic performance without making his character too serious. "Crown Heights" is a harmless, watchable film, but it didn't have the effect it should have had on me. Plus, the intercutting of real news footage and videotaped simulations of news reports kind of took me out of the film. At times the director doesn't seem to know whether he wants to make a documentary or docudrama.