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- 1996
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h
- 1996
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h
Summary Get on the Bus follows a group of different men traveling from Los Angeles to the Million Man Marchc in Washington, D.C. On the way, they will make friends, make enemies and make history.
Directed By: Spike Lee
Written By: Reggie Rock Bythewood
- 1996
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h
- 1996
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h
Get on the Bus
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Summary Get on the Bus follows a group of different men traveling from Los Angeles to the Million Man Marchc in Washington, D.C. On the way, they will make friends, make enemies and make history.
Directed By: Spike Lee
Written By: Reggie Rock Bythewood
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
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96% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
4% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
84
96% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
4% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Young, old, black, white or whatever: This is one Bus you can't afford to miss. [16 Oct 1996, p.1D]
With its complexity of viewpoints, Get on the Bus has to be seen as one of Spike Lee's most mature visions to date.
The picture has such a sweet spirit, sly wit and buoyant energy that it seems to disarm potential rancor, fear or contentiousness. [16 Oct 1996, p.1]
A vital regeneration of a filmmaker's talent as well as a bracing and often very funny dramatization of urgent sociopolitical themes, Get on the Bus represents Spike Lee's most satisfying work since Do the Right Thing.
Whatever its flaws, Get on the Bus is fairly electric with hope and anger. [16 Oct 1996]
It all has an artless, ephemeral feel, and 20 years from now people will marvel at the fashions, the landscapes and the attitudes it captures like fragile bugs in amber.
Though Lee's deft expertise keeps things pacy and (mostly) plausible, the material can't avoid a certain predictability and, in the end, a preachy sentimentality.
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Production Company
Columbia Pictures,
15 Black Men,
40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
Release Date Oct 16, 1996
Duration 2 h
Rating R
Tagline On October 16, 1996, the one year anniversary of the Million Man March, Spike Lee invites you to lift your head, raise your voice, and...get on the bus.
Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 2 Nominations
Acapulco Black Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
