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100There is mostly sadness and regret at the surface in 4 Little Girls, but there is anger in the depths, as there should be.
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1004 Little Girls brilliantly captures a moment in American history and tells an achingly painful story of injustice and family loss.
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100This subject demands consummate screen treatment and now has absolutely gotten it from director/producer Spike Lee. [10 Jul 1997, Pg.02.D]
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100The film's approach is highly instructive, deeply moving, and geared to deploring the racism that breeds violence rather than reactivating old hatreds.
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100Director Spike Lee has made some of the most hard-edged and unsettling American films on racism and its effects. Yet none has been as moving as this. [24 Oct 1997, Pg.F2]
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90Lee takes a conventional, talking-heads-and-archival-clips approach to the material, but rewardingly establishes an intimate connection with his subjects by devoting considerable time to the personalities and families of the four victims.
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90An important act of historical preservation, a focused and effective film that brings back a dark, important moment in history with startling clarity.
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88It is Lee's job as a film maker to imbue these images with life, and that's a task he easily accomplishes.
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Surprisingly, given Lee's penchant for experimentation, there's nothing remotely innovative about this sober, often intensely moving exploration of a community's lingering grief and outrage -- just the usual talking heads, stock footage, montages of stills, and such.
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KarinD.10This was a powerful movie that drew you into it. This story was mentioned in school, but writer/producer Spike Lee made you feel a part of it.