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Bamboozled
56
Metascore
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90
Salon
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon
Andrew O'Hehir
Spike Lee's explosive, near-masterpiece media satire balances between brilliance and incoherence.
88
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Nothing seriously detracts from the film's overall brilliance.
88
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Starts out hilarious and then turns very, very grim.
75
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
It's a unique blend of history and hysteria, and there's no escaping the dead-serious ideas that run beneath its flamboyant surface.
70
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
What the movie lacks in clarity, it makes up for in honesty, toughness, relentlessness and passion.
70
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
It's the angriest film an unfailingly angry filmmaker has yet made, skewering almost everyone in it, both black and white.
63
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Ends with a fizzle, not a bang.
50
Film.com
Ernest Hardy
Film.com
Ernest Hardy
Infuriating on almost every conceivable level.
38
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
The film's as chaotic and heavy-handed as "Summer of Sam" without the same sense of harsh reality.
37
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
This is the kind of misfire that can take everyone down with it. It's not just bad, it's mean-bad.
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