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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25

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  1. MasumM.
    May 30, 2004
    10
    A great and inspiring movie that may as well change your life.
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  2. SeamusS.
    Mar 20, 2006
    7
    Compelling and mostly entertaining. A good job.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. AvonB.
    Jul 2, 2002
    5
    I wasn't so wild about this film. I had seen a bunch of documentary footage of Malcolm, enough for me to realize that Denzel's performance really couldn't handle to the real thing. (Sort of like Will Smith trying to play Ali.) X and Ali were in their primes during the age of T.V. Their charisma is tough to match. Why do films on their lives when we've already experienced them?
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  4. R.T.
    Feb 23, 2003
    10
    Loved it.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  5. JamalK.
    Mar 16, 2004
    10
    This movie was hot.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  6. AkhilK.
    Jul 27, 2005
    10
    Wow! What can i say? Amazing? Excellent? Invigorating? No amount of adjectives are enough to appreciate this movie. So inspirational and so entertaining and yet i am dissapointed that it got pretty underrated reviews, not to mention not one oscar! (cmon, Denzel should have won) A must see in every sense of that term.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  7. Marko
    Oct 19, 2006
    10
    Denzel Washington 'became' Malcolm X. It is still eerie and brilliant today. The film gives rare insight into Malcolm's 'anger' and life in America in the 40's-60's.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  8. EriccaP.
    Sep 12, 2003
    10
    GREAT!!!! GREAT!!!!! LOVED IT.
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  9. KevinS.
    Nov 29, 2004
    10
    This film was necessary for our nation's film history. It was a colorful illustration of the life of Malcolm X not just in the media but behind the scenes. Spike Lee's colaboration with Denzel Washington to make the movie was not only a smart movie move but also a smart political move as an actor with Denzel's capicity was necessary to acurately depict Malcolm X with all the white hot fires of ambition and greatness flowing through his veins. I give it a 10 because it is, simply, the greatest film ever made about Malcolm X. Great show! An epic for the ages!… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  10. Doehl
    Mar 25, 2012
    9
    Spike Lee has brought one of the best biopics in american history with a performance from Washington that brings out the angry intensity his controversial character was known for.
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Metascore
72 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Rita Kempley
    90
    A spiritually enriching testament to the human capacity for change -- and surely Spike Lee's most universally appealing film.
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  2. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    67
    A mortal movie about an immortal subject and the very fact that it succeeds as well as it does is a testament to Lee's skills as a filmmaker.
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  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    40
    Lee has tried hard to give this shapeless picture some visual patterning though the cluttered effect created by his mistrust of silence is even more harmful than in the past.
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