Fresh
For the most part it's all rather pleasant, if somewhat aimless.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Red Hook Summer
This August Spike Takes You Back To Brooklyn
2012 · 2h 5m · R
Drama
Directed by
Spike Lee
Overview
When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as well have landed on Mars. Fresh from his cushy life in Atlanta, he’s bored and friendless, and his strict grandfather, Enoch, a firebrand preacher, is bent on getting him to accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior. Only Chazz, the feisty girl from church, provides a diversion from the drudgery. As hot summer simmers and Sunday mornings brim with Enoch’s operatic sermons, things turn anything but dull as people’s conflicting agendas collide.
Director and cast
- Spike Lee Director
- Clarke Peters as Da Good Bishop Enoch Rouse
- Nate Parker as Box
- Thomas Jefferson Byrd as Deacon Zee
- Toni Lysaith as Chazz Morningstar
- Jules Brown as Flik Royale
- Heather Simms as Sister Sharon Morningstar
- Quincy Tyler Bernstine as Hazel
- De'Adre Aziza as Colleen Royale
- Kimberly Hébert Gregory as Sister Sweet
- Colman Domingo as Blessing Rowe
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
58%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Lee's typically paradoxical statements on race and religion muddle the narrative, and his old stylistic tricks -- saturated color schemes, characters addressing the camera -- aren't exactly inspired.
Drew Hunt, Chicago Reader
Rotten
The story is static for about 90 minutes, then rises to action, but in a way that seems impromptu, either made up on the spot or ill-considered.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
When Spike Lee fails he fails big, and he goes down in flames with "Red Hook Summer."
Adam Graham, Detroit News
Rotten
Lee's latest film feels like several intriguing ideas in search of an over-arching story.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
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