Adrien Brody, Anthony LaPaglia, Bebe Neuwirth
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 28, 2001
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Flixster Reviews (964)
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September 3, 2009The first film of a new direction from Spike Lee. Summer of Sam deals with a dark chapter in American history, focusing on American society. It's certainly Lee's most engaging film, the slow but sturdy build up to the explosive finale is so intense its exhausting. A brilliant and...( read more)
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September 2, 2008Ritchie: All right. What do you want me to tell you? Get a fuckin' divorce, then.
Vinny: Divorce is fuckin' evil, Ritchie. You got some fuckin' really bad advice.
Ritchie: Evil spelled backwards is live.
Vinny: You're a corny fuck, you know that?
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May 31, 2008Crap that fails miserably. The only thing worth a damn in this movie is Reggie Jackson.
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January 26, 2008Rated R. Good film for a night in, perhaps with the missus. Not one to watch with the mates.
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November 17, 2009Probably one of Spike Lee's best movies. The story is so engaging and powerful. It touches on so many subjects of the time regarding race, creed, gender, sexuality and psycho killers without becoming bloated and boring. John Leguizamo and Adrien Brody gave amazing performances as...( read more)
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August 29, 2009Spike Lee is a great director and this is certainly portrayed in his own dramatization of the Son of Sam serial killer who was active in New York in the summer of 1977. I was entertained, in some way, by every scene of this movie including the few extremely chilling parts in whi...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
March 22, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Lee's best films thrum with a wound-up energy, and Summer of Sam vibrates with fear, guilt and lust. full review
January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
A colorful, wacked-out film. It's a movie nostalgic for a bad time. full review
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