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- 2001
- R
- Artisan Entertainment
- 1 h 29 m
- 2001
- R
- Artisan Entertainment
- 1 h 29 m
Summary Set in the melting pot of Brooklyn, New York, worlds collide, cultures clash, and sparks fly in this music-driven love story between a charismatic Rasta rapper and a young Jewish beauty. (Off Line Entertainment)
Directed By: Marc Levin
Written By: Bonz Malone, Pam Widener, Marc Levin
- 2001
- R
- Artisan Entertainment
- 1 h 29 m
- 2001
- R
- Artisan Entertainment
- 1 h 29 m
Brooklyn Babylon
26
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Summary Set in the melting pot of Brooklyn, New York, worlds collide, cultures clash, and sparks fly in this music-driven love story between a charismatic Rasta rapper and a young Jewish beauty. (Off Line Entertainment)
Directed By: Marc Levin
Written By: Bonz Malone, Pam Widener, Marc Levin
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Generally Unfavorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
26
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
60% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Only Sol and Sara even approach being real characters; the supporting players, Black and Jewish alike, are shrill stereotypes.
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.
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.
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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