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A middle-class boy from Atlanta finds his worldview changed as he spends the summer with his deeply religious grandfather in the housing projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn.
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| Detroit NewsAdam GrahamWhen Spike Lee fails he fails big, and he goes down in flames with "Red Hook Summer." |
| Cleveland Plain DealerClint O'ConnorClarke Peters is an impressive force, but the story gets away from Spike Lee on this one. |
| Film.comEric D. SniderReflects the artist Lee is now: a little less angry, a little more self-indulgent and still fascinating even when he's not totally on his game. |
| The PlaylistTodd GilchristUltimately, Lee's clarity of vision hasn't been this sharp or unique since before "Crooklyn," and it's thrilling with Red Hook Summer to witness a return to the technique – and most of all, emotional wallop – that even today continues to give his films an enduring life as both entertainment, and enlightenment. |
| Reel Talk OnlineCandice FrederickIt comes off embarrassingly amateurish at times, but other times the sentimental moments will captivate you, but only for a moment. |
| Film Journal InternationalChris Barsanti...would be highly flawed but promising for a newcomer; from Spike Lee, it's downright embarrassing. |
| New YorkerDavid DenbyLee's latest rambles through almost two hours of unfocused drama, burdened with endless didactic editorializing, before lurching out of nowhere into ugly revelations and violence. |
| Slant MagazineGlenn Heath Jr.The seamless juxtaposition of faith and pain, innocence and guilt, allows the film to transcend Spike Lee's occasional bombastic moments and become a strong examination of internal suffering. |
| Chicago ReaderDrew HuntLee's typically paradoxical statements on race and religion muddle the narrative, and his old stylistic tricks -- saturated color schemes, characters addressing the camera -- aren't exactly inspired. |
| Time OutJoshua RothkopfThe new drama, best viewed as a church movie, is a return to the kind of corner-chat indie cinema Lee revolutionized, with an emphasis on a towering performance by The Wire's Clarke Peters as a local bishop inflamed with the Word. |