Includes a number of memorable set pieces, most notably a visit to a crack den which, accompanied by the epic sound of Stevie Wonder's "Living In The City," is simply unforgettable.
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09/22/08
Jungle Fever (1991)
83 %
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Reviews Counted: 30
Fresh: 25
Rotten:5
Average Rating: 7/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 15 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Spike Lee's drama is a complex, multilayered, and volatile look at interracial romance in present-day New York City. Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes), an up-and-coming African American architect, seems to have it all: a successful... [More]
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee, Ossie Davis
Director: Spike Lee
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Reviews for Jungle Fever
It's uneven, but its best moments -- such as Samuel L Jackson's performance -- are amongst Lee's finest achievements on film.
09/22/08
Though Wesley Snipes and Annabella Sciorra perform well, the script provides no deeper motivations or meanings for their relationship. Situations around them prove more interesting and dynamic.
09/22/08
Lee tackles the subject of interracial romance from the unavoidable vantage point that, while things today are more open, they are also considerably more volatile and complex.
09/22/08
Top Critic There are so many voices you may think you're swimming through a maelstrom, but thanks to Lee it's all superbly orchestrated.
09/22/08
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Instead of showing how prejudice seeps into the private intimacies of daily life, the film turns its attention to the other characters.
02/09/06
Spike Lee's blunt and flippant look at forbidden interracial romance set against an urban backdrop of ethnic cynicism. Nobody knows how to examine the hostility of race relations in the movies so effectively such as the brash Lee. Jungle Fever is confront
05/31/03
Lee is one of the most important American filmmakers of the past two decades, and the challenges, sincerity, humanity and fierceness of his work are all on display in Jungle Fever.
11/07/02
A smart, very assured film about interracial relations but also about racial misconceptions in general.
09/10/02
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