Fresh
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.
Variety Staff, Variety
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Jungle Fever
Overview
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.
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Fresh
There are so many voices you may think you're swimming through a maelstrom, but thanks to Lee it's all superbly orchestrated.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Lee is in fine form.
David Ansen, Newsweek
Rotten
Instead of showing how prejudice seeps into the private intimacies of daily life, the film turns its attention to the other characters.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Jungle Fever is not to be underestimated or ignored.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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