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Malcolm X
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A movie centered on a tribute to a black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. Becoming a Muslim and a nation leader he left a great impact until his death for the black race.
A movie centered on a tribute to a black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. Becoming a Muslim and a nation leader he left a great impact until his death for the black race.
Actors:
Terence Blanchard,
Kiki Della Vecchia,
Elise Neal,
Norma Miller,
Billy Marshall Thompson,
Judd Jones,
Shaun ONeil
Terence Blanchard
13 March 1962, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Kiki Della Vecchia
Elise Neal
14 March 1966, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Norma Miller
2 December 1919, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Billy Marshall Thompson
16 March 1964
Judd Jones
1921, Alabama, USA
Shaun ONeil
12 July 1986, England, UK
Country:
Japan, United States
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September 23, 2008
Visually and dramatically, Lee pulls out all the stops, but it's Washington's performance that really energizes the film, and he's an exhilarating presence throughout.March 04, 2011
The perfect combination of epic and personal, intimate and spectacular.October 18, 2008
Lee and company have performed a powerful service: they have brought Malcolm X very much to life again, both as man and myth.December 25, 2006
Lamoclm X may seem conventional by Spike Lee's standards, but as a biopic of a controversial historical figure, it's superior to the nobility of spirit of a movie like Gandhi, for example, and Attenborough's high-mindedness.September 23, 2008
Lee sketches Malcolm's life colorfully, if by the numbers. But he falls victim to the danger of movie biography: he elevates Malcolm's importance until the vital historical context is obscured.June 04, 2012
Spike Lee called 1992's Malcolm X "the picture I was born to make," and star Denzel Washington referred to the titular civil-rights leader as "the role of a lifetime." They're both right...[Blu-ray]
Variety
January 06, 2010
Spike Lee has made a disappointingly conventional and sluggish film in Malcolm X.
Common Sense Media
January 02, 2011
Insightful and well-rounded portrait of Malcolm X.February 09, 2006
It plays surprisingly safe as a solidly crafted trawl through the didactic/hagiographic conventions of the mainstream biopic.January 06, 2010
Lee's film suffers from message over substance and is slightly tedious as a result.January 06, 2010
Benefits from a lively lead performance by the miscast Denzel Washington but doesn't come within light years of the book, one of the greatest American autobiographies.
New York Times
May 20, 2003
An ambitious, tough, seriously considered biographical film that, with honor, eludes easy characterization.