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Brooklyn Babylon
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26 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 5 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 3 out of 5
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  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    40
    Only Sol and Sara even approach being real characters; the supporting players, Black and Jewish alike, are shrill stereotypes.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    40
    A case of means exceeded by ambition.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    38
    The acting is, at best, serviceable; the sound track is too often unintelligible; the direction is often over the top; and the script relies heavily on stereotypes.
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  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    30
    The film dissolves into a series of diminishing anticlimaxes, ending on a note of portentous ambiguity. To the last, Mr. Levin maintains his uneasy balance of reportage and melodrama.
  5. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jessica Winter
    20
    Levin's Brooklyn Babylon, set during a hot summer in Crown Heights, is an ethnic-strife tract as thuddingly didactic as his previous "Whiteboys."
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