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  • 1994
  • PG-13
  • Universal Pictures
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 1994
  • PG-13
  • Universal Pictures
  • 1 h 55 m

Summary Make yourself at home with the Carmichael family as they experience one very special summer in their Brooklyn neighborhood that they've affectionately nicknamed "Crooklyn". A loving, but fiercely independent mother along with her musician husband (Delroy Lindo) struggles to raise her family in difficult but often wonderful circumstances....

Directed By: Spike Lee

Written By: Joie Lee, Cinqué Lee, Spike Lee

  • 1994
  • PG-13
  • Universal Pictures
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 1994
  • PG-13
  • Universal Pictures
  • 1 h 55 m

Crooklyn

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
65
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings
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Summary Make yourself at home with the Carmichael family as they experience one very special summer in their Brooklyn neighborhood that they've affectionately nicknamed "Crooklyn". A loving, but fiercely independent mother along with her musician husband (Delroy Lindo) struggles to raise her family in difficult but often wonderful circumstances....

Directed By: Spike Lee

Written By: Joie Lee, Cinqué Lee, Spike Lee

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
65
69% Positive
11 Reviews
19% Mixed
3 Reviews
13% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
65
69% Positive
11 Reviews
19% Mixed
3 Reviews
13% Negative
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100
It's a movie that's so personal, naked and vulnerable that you can understand why some of its humor seems rough, some of its visuals excessive. But Crooklyn has a quality not as obvious in any Lee film since "Do the Right Thing": the sense of a whole world opening, rich and real, before your eyes. [13 May 1994, p.A]
By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW
78
Crooklyn is a winning work whose charms far outweigh any pitfalls.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
75
On its own intimate terms, it's one of the most winning films on family life to reach the screen in ages.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
70
Both annoying and vibrant, casually plotted and deeply personal, Spike Lee’s Crooklyn ends up being as compelling as it is messy.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW
67
Crooklyn has a warm, nostalgic, spilling-over-the-edges effusiveness that is new to Lee's work. At the same time, the movie often seems every bit as high-strung as the family it's about.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
50
Both leads and young Harris make Crooklyn an exasperating might-have-been, especially given the movie's surprisingly affecting wrap-up. There's no dearth of human feeling here, but a dearth of craft. [13 May 1994, p.8D]
By Mike Clark FULL REVIEW
20
Our natural sympathy for the Carmichaels is sabotaged by crude and careless moviemaking.
By Richard Schickel FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings
6.6
38% Positive
5 Ratings
54% Mixed
7 Ratings
8% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings
6.6
38% Positive
5 Ratings
54% Mixed
7 Ratings
8% Negative
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Production Company Universal Pictures, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, Child Hood Productions
Release Date May 13, 1994
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating PG-13
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Awards

Young Artist Awards
• 2 Nominations
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Nomination

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