Lackawanna Blues (2005)
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 2
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Critic Reviews: 1
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 0
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A young boy grows up among a makeshift family of oddballs and dreamers in this adaptation of Ruben Santiago-Hudson's acclaimed one-man show. Ruben Junior (Marcus Carl Franklin) is a young boy who was born in the late '40s into a family that started crumbling not long after he was born. Ruben Junior's parents were from Lackawanna, a city in Upstate New York, and were living in a rooming house run by Nanny Crosby (S. Epatha Merkerson), whose place was a hub for the local African-American
Jan 26, 2005 Wide
Aug 23, 2005
Cast
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S. Epatha Merkerson
Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby -
Julie Benz
Laura -
Robert A. Bradley
Otis McClanahan -
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Numb Finger Pete -
Kathleen Chalfant
Mrs. Carmichael -
Carmen Ejogo
Alean -
Marcus Carl Franklin
Ruben Santiago Jr. (as ... -
Louis Gossett Jr
Old Lem Taylor -
Macy Gray
Pauline -
Hill Harper
Ruben Santiago Jr. (as ... -
Barry Shabaka Henley
Shakey Winfield -
Terrence Howard
Bill Crosby -
Ernie Hudson
Dick Barrymore -
Delroy Lindo
Mr. Lucious -
Mos Def
The Bandleader -
Lou Myers
Ol' Po' Carl -
Rosie Perez
Bertha -
Adina Porter
Ricky -
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Freddie Cobbs -
Liev Schreiber
Ulyses Fold -
Henry Simmons
Jesse -
Jimmy Smits
Ruben Santiago Sr. -
Patricia Wettig
Laura's Mom -
Michael Kenneth Williams
Jimmy Lee -
Saul Williams
Sweet Tooth Sam -
Charlayne Woodard
Miss Jadie -
Jeffrey Wright
Small Paul
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All Critics (9) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (2) | DVD (6)
It's a wonderful lead performance.
Top CriticEveryone's efforts were sadly wasted.
Lackawanna Blues manages to capture not just the feel of an era, but the unbridled and exuberant spirit of a people and place as well.
Bursting at the seams with talented performers, no one misses a beat, conjuring up an atmosphere so vivid, you can taste it.
An invigorating movie full of sexual energy.
Audience Reviews for Lackawanna Blues
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- Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby: But you can't hurt me no more. I'm numb. Sometimes I look at you, don't even see you. You touch me and I don't feel you. But I can smell you and I know I'm alive. That stench ain't just some other woman's cheap perfume, it's your soul, Bill. Your rotten soul!
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[font=Century Gothic]"Lackawanna Blues" is an entertaining movie with a great cast including Delroy Lindo, Rosie Perez, Terrence Howard, Jimmy Smits, Louis Gossett, Jr and Jeffrey Wright. The film has a potent sense of time and place but it does seem a bit too nostalgiac towards segregation-era America.(The film points out that Nanny helped out the way the government would have if it worked properly.) [/font]