Spike Lee has launched another perfectly timed counteroffensive: a calmly wrenching mix of oral history and period newsreels.
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08/20/09
4 Little Girls (1998)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:25
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Spike Lee makes an impressive transition from fictional feature filmmaking to nonfiction with this powerful Oscar-nominated documentary. 4 LITTLE GIRLS tells the tragic story of the bombing of a... [More]
Reviews for 4 Little Girls
It's presented with Lee's usual intelligence and clarity as he skilfully mixes politics with moving reminders of the lives it affects.
09/22/08
Time and tragedy may have flattened the four girls into remote paragons of youthful virtue, but the viciousness of anti-integrationist rhetoric is palpable and should never be forgotten.
09/22/08
There isn't an ounce of flab or hype, and the story it tells is profoundly affecting.
09/22/08
A compelling, straightforward account of a deeply sorrowful and pivotal event in the civil rights movement.
05/16/08
Top CriticLee's filmmaking ... has the beauty of simplicity and the shadings of compassion.
07/23/07
Spike Lee's Oscar-nominated documentary, about one of the defining moments of the civil rights movement, balances personal and painful memories of many witnesses with a poignantly political expose of the event, the murder of four innocent girls.
02/03/06
The big part of Lee's film commemorates the lives of the '4 little girls' who died, through the memories of parents, siblings and friends.
01/26/06
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06/01/05
Some of the credit for the two convictions may well be due to Spike Lee’s memorable 1997 documentary...which brought new attention to the case.
09/16/04
No review available.
07/25/04
Immensely gripping in its outrage and poignancy. Nobody knows how to bring the disdain of racial to the forefront like the skilled Spike Lee
06/24/04
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05/06/04
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01/06/04
a clear example that film auteurs can handle a variety of genres when inspired
04/11/03
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07/26/02
No review available.
07/26/02
The movie is strongest when Lee keeps his eye on the prize: the experiences of ordinary people in an extraordinary time.
01/01/00
4 Little Girls brilliantly captures a moment in American history and tells an achingly painful story of injustice and family loss.
01/01/00
It is Lee's job as a film maker to imbue these images with life, and that's a task he easily accomplishes.
01/01/00
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