Featured Audience Ratings

• Emil K

  
  From it's arresting opening images that are accompanied by Marc Dorsey's beautiful "People in Search of Life", Spike Lee's Clockers is a downhill. Working from Richard Price's book Lee has crafted a film that has potential but which loses it way pretty… More
  From it's arresting opening images that are accompanied by Marc Dorsey's beautiful "People in Search of Life", Spike Lee's Clockers is a downhill. Working from Richard Price's book Lee has crafted a film that has potential but which loses it way pretty soon with it's bombastic and melodramatic approach. Once again Lee seems to be more concerned about the racial tension between characters than the central mystery of the story. It is a shame to see setting as intriguing as this getting a treatment this mishandled. It is not the first time for director Lee to overplays his material. His approach to Price's material resembles me sometimes the music that plays out from the ghettoblasters of the film's characters. Carefully chosen rap-music is simply playing out with volume too high for it's own good, while it should be in a background. Subject matter like this does not need to be shouted out loud. It is provocative enough to make people think and speak. Overall there is nothing wrong in the cast here. Lee sometimes takes himself just too damn seriously as a filmmaker, like with Clockers. He is certainly a director with talent, but sometimes his talent is just overshadowd by his preachy approach to material.

• Coxxie M

  
  "See, dis is where all da money at, ma lil nigga. how you think i got dat fat-ass train set ova dere?"

• Conner R

  
  It's enjoyable at times, but it was a lot more of a small scope compared to Lee's other movies. When it wants to be political it's too obvious, but the rest of the movie is just a mediocre crime drama. Harvey Keitel, John Turturro and Mekhi Phifer all gave great… More
  It's enjoyable at times, but it was a lot more of a small scope compared to Lee's other movies. When it wants to be political it's too obvious, but the rest of the movie is just a mediocre crime drama. Harvey Keitel, John Turturro and Mekhi Phifer all gave great performances, but then again Isaiah Washington was horrible. Really it's only interesting to people who are Spike Lee completists or fans of the individual stars. Otherwise, there's a lot better handled projects out there.

• Anthony L

  
  A gritty look at the lives of 'Clockers' in a typical Brooklyn project, Clockers is both intriguing and unpredictable. With a fantastic supporting cast, its definitely one of Lee's better 'Joints'.

• Ken S

  
  My favorite part of this film is Lee's use of color. Through the production design and the use of reversal film stock, Clockers' colors really pop. Creating a world of vibrant colors to go along with the complexity of the situation at hand. The film is a little bit of… More
  My favorite part of this film is Lee's use of color. Through the production design and the use of reversal film stock, Clockers' colors really pop. Creating a world of vibrant colors to go along with the complexity of the situation at hand. The film is a little bit of everything. Part cop film, part gangster, part family drama part neighborhood drama. Unfortunately the whole doesn't add up to the sum of it's parts. Solid performances and great craftsmanship can't save this film. Not to say that it's bad, it's just remarkably unremarkable.

• Tim S

  
  My favorite Spike Lee film with an amazing performance from Delroy Lindo.

• Dean !

  
  A cool film by Spike Lee, if you liked Do the right thing and like films like Boyz N the hood this is a good mix of both genres. Has a slight twist and will keep you hooked throughout.

• Jeffrey M

  
  An excellent film which takes a relatively small scale incident, especially for its environment, and uses it to make larger points about senseless and cyclical violence in the projects. One of Harvey Keitel's strongest roles. It's gritty, authentic, and poignent.

• Greg A

  
  Delroy Lindo as Rodney Little was amazing, what a manipulative evil fuck, as the movie progresses he goes from being a seemingly caring mentor to a complete monster. He is a crack pusher and Strike played brilliantly by Mekhi Phifer is his best seller. Warnings flags go off in… More
  Delroy Lindo as Rodney Little was amazing, what a manipulative evil fuck, as the movie progresses he goes from being a seemingly caring mentor to a complete monster. He is a crack pusher and Strike played brilliantly by Mekhi Phifer is his best seller. Warnings flags go off in Rodney's head when he sees Homicide detectives questioning his seller and he puts fear into Strike with a gun in his mouth just like Rodney's mentor Errol Barnes did to him and he lets Strike know "I am a bad man." 5 out of 5

• Lesley N

  
  Not my favourite Spike Lee, but good editing made it tighter & I think, better than the book (Rrichard Price). Truth be told, The Wire says it all better and wittier, but if you've only got 129 minutes to spare, not 45 hours, watch this one.

• Marcus W

  
  Quality film from Spike Lee about life in "the projects".

• Sean L

  
  Good Spike Lee flick. This seemed to be a good exercise for Spike, and he was able to balance his typical race issues with a solid crime drama story. I wish there could have been more Delroy Lindo and John Turturro. In fact none of the characters other than Mekhi Phifer seemed all… More
  Good Spike Lee flick. This seemed to be a good exercise for Spike, and he was able to balance his typical race issues with a solid crime drama story. I wish there could have been more Delroy Lindo and John Turturro. In fact none of the characters other than Mekhi Phifer seemed all that developed, but that wasn't too bad. Overall it's not a bad Spike Lee joint but it's not a great one either.

• Christopher B

  
  Spike Lee's best film in my opinion. Like The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, but with a crime story thrown in. I love how Phifer's character seems like a modern businessman under a lot of stress as he becomes the main suspect in a shooting. I also loved how the liberal… More
  Spike Lee's best film in my opinion. Like The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, but with a crime story thrown in. I love how Phifer's character seems like a modern businessman under a lot of stress as he becomes the main suspect in a shooting. I also loved how the liberal minded cops are made out to be bigots by immediately seeking the easy answer on a case when the real answer is staring them in the face. A movie about responsibility and misplaced idealism.

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