Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
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Reviews Counted:113
Fresh:38
Rotten:75
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: Miracle at St. Anna is a well-intentioned but overlong, disjointed affair that hits few of the right notes.
Runtime: 2 hrs 46 mins
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $7,756,328
Synopsis: All Spike Lee's movies, from SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT forward, have tackled big ideas head-on using wide strokes to a paint a picture that is both impressionistic and realistic. Though not the most... [More]
Starring: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller
Director: Spike Lee
Reviews for Miracle at St. Anna
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 C+ |
Takes too long to get to its one moving moment at the end. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
Spike Lee has turned in an odd hybrid of a film--a 160 minute war epic combined with a crime thriller combined with a discourse on civil rights. Full Review |
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As a theoretical corrective, it's salutary; as a movie, it's a frickin' blooper Full Review |
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 7/10 |
The agenda is obvious, but the rage feels justified, and meanwhile Lee gives us a few virtuoso touches. Full Review |
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While it does have its weak points, it's held together by its unique angle on the war as well as strong characterization for its central characters. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Problematic as a narrative...[but] Lee's simply too smart and talented to make a dismissible film. [Blu-ray] Full Review |
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62/100 |
Ask ten people who've seen this movie what the title's "miracle" is referring to, and you'll get a couple of different guesses and a whole lot of blank stares and shrugs. Full Review |
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3/5 |
There are endearing moments but we're in a Spike Lee world where it's okay to interject his "black vs. the privileged white-man" lecture time and again to the detriment of the film. Full Review |
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2/4 |
There's no moviemaking miracle at work here, just a half-baked project that might be Lee's biggest disappointment to date. Full Review |
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It might have been easily trimmed by a half hour, which is a shame, because there are so many good moments buried in there -- a proverbial two-hour movie struggling to get out. Full Review |
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Lee is a filmmaker who, through talent, accomplishment, and a constant working of the refs in the Hollywood system, has earned autonomy over his films. I'm all for artistic freedom, but here he could have used a bit of oversight. Full Review |
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It’s impressive that a filmmaker of Lee’s distinction is willing to continue to push boundaries. Full Review |
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There may be a subtle bone somewhere in Spike Lee, but it would take a team of skilled surgeons to find it. Full Review |
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4/4 |
Lee ... has created a brilliant war movie that encompasses many elements, but manages to engage us with all of the stories within the story he wants to tell. Full Review |
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B+ |
Little imperfections prevent it from being the classic epic it wants to be, but Lee accomplishes quite a lot here. Full Review |
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2/5 |
By choosing for his definitive portrait a tale based on a fictional novel rather than an actual true story, Lee has undermined his own efforts to properly depict the wartime experience for WWII-era blacks. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Lee shows a knack for combat scenes and both the brutality and brotherhood of man. Opportunism, barbarism and hope mix in the most piercing, cathartic scenes. But his grudge match with Clint Eastwood weighs too heavily, and it's an ambitious mess. Full Review |
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Brilliant homage to the Buffalo Soldiers during World War II may be Spike Lee's most powerful film. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
Full of cliches and the very stereotypes against which director Spike Lee rails, "Miracle at St. Anna" is a television movie that's far below the capabilities of one of the most talented living film directors. Full Review |
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'Miracle at St. Anna' tells a story of friendship and of getting beyond race and prejudices... about helping one another in the midst of war. Full Review |
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