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Malcolm X

1992

Spike Lee

Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr. ...

6.9

11,138

Drama Spike Lee brings the life of African-American leader Malcolm X (an intense Denzel Washington in an Oscar-nominated performance) to the big screen in this sprawling, epic biographical drama. Born Malcolm Little, son of a Nebraska preacher, on May 19, 1925, he became one of the most militant leaders and charismatic spokesmen of the black liberation movement before his assassination at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City on February 21, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"It's an ambitious, tough, seriously considered biographical film that, with honor, eludes easy characterization."	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Spike Lee has made a disappointingly conventional and sluggish film (...) Pic comes up short in several departments"	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"One of the great screen biographies (...) The film is inspirational and educational - and it is also entertaining (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Even at 201 minutes, this often feels like a skim job. But if you're too lazy to read the book, you probably should see this."	NEU
United States	Eric Henderson Slant	"'Malcolm X' surely counts as one of the truly seminal biopics. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"A spiritually enriching testament to the human capacity for change -- and surely Spike Lee's most universally appealing film."	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Hibbert Empire	"Lee's film suffers from message over substance and is slightly tedious as a result (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"[It] is a triumph, an intimate and engrossing biographical saga that is also one of the most passionate political films ever made in this country"	POS
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"'Malcolm X' contains one of the greatest screen performances of the ’90s (...) A powerhouse piece of cinema"	POS
United Kingdom	Ashley Clark The Guardian	"Spike Lee's biopic is still absolutely necessary (...) 'Malcolm X' is notable for the ferocity with which it engages directly with contemporary events"	POS
United Kingdom	Adrian Turner Radio Times	"It is surprisingly conventional and, at times, downright dull (...) Washington looks impressive and he has undoubted charisma (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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