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25th Hour (2002)
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Reviews Counted:161
Fresh:125
Rotten:36
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: An intelligent and well-acted film despite the usual Spike Lee excesses.
Runtime: 2 hrs 15 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Dec 19, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $12,750,480
Synopsis: Spike Lee's bracing adaptation of David Benioff's novel is a vibrant, vital motion picture. Edward Norton plays Monty Brogan, a harmless drug dealer who has 24 hours of freedom before serving a... [More]
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Reviews for 25th Hour
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Lee successfully, seamlessly marries his famously inventive visual style with more introspective material. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Lee builds Monty’s story of tortured introspection and his final surprising, desperate act before incarceration through boldly candid conversations and flashbacks. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Perhaps Lee's most consistently compelling work since Clockers. Full Review |
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4/5 |
One of the more entertaining and thought-provoking Spike Lee Joints in a long while. Full Review |
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While 25th Hour has a several arresting characters struggling with credible problems, regrettably Monty isn't one of them. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
'Spike Lee's love of New York, unlike Woody Allen's, has always been more tough than tender.' Full Review |
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Lee's best, most cohesive and most passionate film since Do the Right Thing. Full Review |
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25th Hour stands out as a remarkably atmospheric and elegiac American film, every scene heavy with the stillness of tragedy.' Full Review |
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4/5 |
In its own strange way [the film is] uplifting, a tribute to people's ability to face the unthinkable, and, if not triumph, at least persevere. Full Review |
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1/5 |
A turgid, bombastic and outrageously self-satisfied movie. Full Review |
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4/4 |
25th Hour is both Spike Lee’s condemnation of and valentine to what we’ve done before, but also a strangely inspiring reminder of how beautiful the mere opportunity to choose can be. Full Review |
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8/10 |
...a bit scattershot...but director Lee manages to pull it all together into a tense, gripping, suspenseful, and highly dramatic movie experience. Full Review |
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84/100 |
Smart and restrained; a fine production from a mature filmmaker. Full Review |
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Spike Lee’s most compelling and resonant picture in years. Full Review |
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4/5 |
A moving tribute to resilience in the face of ruination. Full Review |
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Superbly acted, as you would expect, it's also rich in moral nuance. Doing the right thing is not as simple in his films as it once was. Full Review |
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