Crooklyn Review

Overall 5.00 of 5 (by 1 user)

Pandora
Los Angeles, CA

A glimpse of urban life in the 1970s.

into Independent Films

Pros

Nostalgic, Heart warming, Semi-autobiographical, Entertaining, Must see movie

FEB

2008

Crooklyn, set in 1970s Brooklyn, is the semi-autobiographical story of the movie's co-writer/director, Spike Lee. Told from the perspective of his younger sister, it traces the every day life of a family and the neighborhood they live in during one summer in 1970s. The movie does take viewers 'Down South' when Troy, the only daughter of five children, is sent to stay with family who live a very middle class (and boring) lifestyle for a while. This movie is about the 1970's, family, neighborhood, and life from the honest perspective of a smart, inquisitive child. It ties for first place (along with The Color Purple) in my list of TOP TEN favorite movies of all time.