Damon Wayans, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michael Rapaport
Pierre Delacroix is a hip, young, Harvard-educated writer who is the sole person of color working for an upstart network with floundering ratings. Despite several attempts, Delacroix has yet to see an...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 17, 2001
Stats: 604 reviews
Love or hate him, its hard to deny Spike Lee isn't a thought provoking filmmaker. While Bamboozled does get you thinking, you wish that it was a more entertaining film then it actually is.
Brilliant concept, a surprising good performance from Damon Wayans and a brilliant ending ...( read more)
Spike Lee's film is certainly a fascinating premise. A satire of network television's pitfalls and prejudices, a peek into the way blacks have been represented historically in the media, and the ways in which they have sought to redress the cultural balance (there's a neat look a...( read more)
Watch it with commentary, Spike Lee's commentary is better that the film itself. could have been a great film, but ultimately it disappoints because of Damon Wayans who ruins an otherwise classy film. In large parts an articulate critique, in others frustratingly let down by the ...( read more)
Slow start, overly dramatic finish, but an effective film... O mammy, how i luvs ya, how i luvs ya.
This movie mad me laugh, made me mad and made me cry. There was such a clarity of the things that people had to go through and the things people didn't and shouldn't have to go through to be seen and heard. The portrayal of Blacks in the media over the years is truly a travesty a...( read more)
Did you copy 'Network' enough you untalented fuck? Bad use of camera angles and music.
Raw, rough, and brutally honest. A little confusing, but made its point
Spike Lee is most of the time up his own ass. No difference really with this movie but I found it to be very sad
People's feelings run too strongly and deeply for any satirical use [of blackface] to be effective. The power of the racist image tramples over the material and asserts only itself. full review
THE MOVIE MORALS ISNT BAD IT MAKES YOU THINK. WOULD YOU RIDICULE AND HUMILIATE YOUR RACE AND YOURSELF, FOR FAME AND FORTUNE. THIS MOVIE ACTUALLY GOES INTO THAT ASPECT, THE END IS ASTOUNDING I NEVER SEEN MENSTRIAL SHOWS BUT THE END WAS HARD TO FUCKING WATCH BUT YOU WOULD ENJOY IT
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