Summer of Sam

Next to Crooklyn, this is Lee's best work! john leguizamo and Mira Sorvino were excellent in this movie. It was extremely entertaining.... Full review

This Film Is An Explosive Ride With Powerhouse Performances. Spike Lee Is One of The Most Controversial And Also Talented Directors Around. He Is Known For His Hard-Edged Visions of Reality And Life. Summer of Sam Is A Shocking Tale of... Full review

With films like 'Inside Man' and the upcoming 'Selling Time', it appears as though Spike Lee is departing from his gritty streetwise films on racial prejudice, and into the pleasant commercial world of Hollywood. He stills touches upon the odd... Full review

This film was excellent. I saw it years ago and didn't remember much of the details, so I re-rented it and I found it to be completely wonderful. Based on the actual 1977 murder spree that terrorized New York City,... Full review

I liked the movie. I found it very interesting and I thought Spike Lee did a very good job directing the movie.... Full review

Spike Lee really screwed this one up. The story is intriguing and good. It has a nice, interesting premise. A tightly knit nieghborhood's reaction to the rampage of serial killer David 'Son of Sam' Berkowitz in the sweltering New York summer... Full review

Summer of Sam is a really boring, long, drug-induced hallucination of Spike Lee's. The acting was good, but anything from that, the movie is bad. John Leguizamo did good, but that is about it. This movie really does not deal with... Full review

I expected that this movie would delve into intersting facts about the murders but that was not the case. This movie was more like Saturday Night Fever or Boogie Nights rather than a thriller. The setting and the atmosphere of the... Full review

The story traces the painful dissolution of a relationship (Leguizamo & Sorvino), which occurs in NYC in 1977 while Son of Sam was on the loose. The film did not get much attention when it came out, which is sad because... Full review

It has some of the most Realistic Violence in movie History the story was told great I give Spike Lee Credit He did a Good Job Making a great Movie... Full review

Summer of Sam is awful. Andrew L. Urban "Summer Of Sam is Spike Lee's best film to date. Summer Of Sam throbs with sweaty energy from its introduction by legendary New York newsman Jimmy Breslin to the finale on a white hot night of hate. ... Full Review

It's as if Lee just wants to emphasise that he's still the enfant terrible on the Hollywood block. His buddies are either dumb or dumber, with the exception of Ritchie (Adrien Brody) and Dionna (Mira Sorvino), who are at least vulnerable - but they are the victims in this story. ... Full Review

It's as if Lee wants to emphasise that he's still the enfant terrible on the Hollywood block. The focus of the story rests on the roguish and unfaithful Vinny (John Leguizamo) and his heartbroken wife, Dionna (Mira Sorvino). ... Full Review

The cast was in a festive mood, surprised by the outpouring of affection they received. Steven Schirripa: "It was a great ending. ... Full Review

Not that it's a bad film, though. As bitchy as I sound here, I do want to emphasize that I still liked Summer of Sam to a decent degree. SOS isn't what you'd consider to be a demo DVD, but it's a very good soundtrack nonetheless. ... Full Review

Coronation Street's Gail Platt is set to tie the knot for the fourth time, according to The Sun. Actress Helen Worth has filmed scenes wearing a lacy wedding dress and with a bouquet in hand, while Gail's husband-to-be Joe McIntyre... ... Full Article

The comedy stylings of Jimmy Barrett. The sexy manipulation of Bobbie Barrett. Freddy Rumson's retirement party. Joan's shocking rape. Roger's new wife. Betty's marital infidelity. ... Full Article

Frumpy Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle has been unleashing four-letter word expletives that have shocked onlookers, a British newspaper reported Thursday. The Sun said the 48-year-old self-confessed virgin, dubbed the Hairy Angel by British tabloids, went into a meltdown in... ... Full Article

Like so many of Spike Lee's films, "Summer of Sam" is both beguiling and confounding, an enigmatic blend of banality and brilliance that ultimately manages to overcome its myriad shortcomings through nothing but the sheer force of Lee's visionary direction. ... Full Article

John Stirratt, longtime member of Wilco and formerly of Uncle Tupelo, must not have gotten the memo. Side projects are not supposed to be good, let alone great. ... Full Article

Summer 1977: A record heat wave and the notorious Son of Sam killer are both terrorizing New York City. Director Spike Lee, who co-wrote with Victor Colicchio and Michael Imperioli, uses the rampage of David Berkowitz as a mere background. ... Full Article