Title: lotsa good, but more bad than good
Product review: Summer of Sam is another frustrating film from Spike Lee. Lots of great scenes, ideas, performances, but so many bad, dumb decisions too. The plot itself is Saturday Night Fever meets Shampoo meets the Ox-Bow Incident -- but it's really about Spike making a movie about white Italian scallions who live deep deep deep inside their NY state of mind and can't get out of it. From scene to scene I found myself alternating between "wow! Spike's got talent to burn" and "this feels like it was written by a 10-year-old." The previous basketball one was the same way. My favorite bit is where the dog talks to the guy and my favorite Spike Lee joint by far remains Get On the Bus!
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