Takes too long to get to its one moving moment at the end.
CommentSep 18, 2009
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
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Reviews Counted:113
Fresh:38
Rotten:75
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: Miracle at St. Anna is a well-intentioned but overlong, disjointed affair that hits few of the right notes.
Theatrical Release: Sep 7, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $7.8M
Synopsis: Set in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII. [More]
Starring: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller
Director: Spike Lee
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REVIEWS FOR MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA
Spike Lee has turned in an odd hybrid of a film--a 160 minute war epic combined with a crime thriller combined with a discourse on civil rights.
Aug 30, 2009
As a theoretical corrective, it's salutary; as a movie, it's a frickin' blooper
Aug 26, 2009
The agenda is obvious, but the rage feels justified, and meanwhile Lee gives us a few virtuoso touches.
Feb 18, 2009
While it does have its weak points, it's held together by its unique angle on the war as well as strong characterization for its central characters.
Feb 17, 2009
Problematic as a narrative...[but] Lee's simply too smart and talented to make a dismissible film. [Blu-ray]
Feb 4, 2009
Ask ten people who've seen this movie what the title's "miracle" is referring to, and you'll get a couple of different guesses and a whole lot of blank stares and shrugs.
Jan 28, 2009
There are endearing moments but we're in a Spike Lee world where it's okay to interject his "black vs. the privileged white-man" lecture time and again to the detriment of the film.
Jan 25, 2009
There's no moviemaking miracle at work here, just a half-baked project that might be Lee's biggest disappointment to date.
Nov 26, 2008
It might have been easily trimmed by a half hour, which is a shame, because there are so many good moments buried in there -- a proverbial two-hour movie struggling to get out.
Nov 12, 2008
Lee is a filmmaker who, through talent, accomplishment, and a constant working of the refs in the Hollywood system, has earned autonomy over his films. I'm all for artistic freedom, but here he could have used a bit of oversight.
Nov 10, 2008
Top CriticIt’s impressive that a filmmaker of Lee’s distinction is willing to continue to push boundaries.
Nov 7, 2008
Top CriticThere may be a subtle bone somewhere in Spike Lee, but it would take a team of skilled surgeons to find it.
Oct 17, 2008
Lee ... has created a brilliant war movie that encompasses many elements, but manages to engage us with all of the stories within the story he wants to tell.
Oct 14, 2008
Little imperfections prevent it from being the classic epic it wants to be, but Lee accomplishes quite a lot here.
Oct 12, 2008
By choosing for his definitive portrait a tale based on a fictional novel rather than an actual true story, Lee has undermined his own efforts to properly depict the wartime experience for WWII-era blacks.
Oct 10, 2008
Lee shows a knack for combat scenes and both the brutality and brotherhood of man. Opportunism, barbarism and hope mix in the most piercing, cathartic scenes. But his grudge match with Clint Eastwood weighs too heavily, and it's an ambitious mess.
Oct 9, 2008
Brilliant homage to the Buffalo Soldiers during World War II may be Spike Lee's most powerful film.
Oct 8, 2008
Full of cliches and the very stereotypes against which director Spike Lee rails, "Miracle at St. Anna" is a television movie that's far below the capabilities of one of the most talented living film directors.
Oct 5, 2008
'Miracle at St. Anna' tells a story of friendship and of getting beyond race and prejudices... about helping one another in the midst of war.
Oct 3, 2008
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