“A new look at the old neighborhood.”
Crooklyn
6.8
160 votes·1994
·1h 54m
·MovieComedyDrama
Overview
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
Commercial Verdict
Flop
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Lost money at the box office
Keywords
1970sjazz singer or musiciandysfunctional familyteacherurbanparenthoodbrooklyn, new york citysemi autobiographicalstreet kideuphoric
Cast
Alfre Woodard
Carolyn Carmichael
Delroy Lindo
Woody Carmichael
David Patrick Kelly
Tony Eyes / Jim
Zelda Harris
Troy Carmichael
Carlton Williams
Clinton Carmichael
Sharif Rashed
Wendell Carmichael
Tse-Mach Washington
Joseph Carmichael
Christopher Knowings
Nate Carmichael
José Zúñiga
Tommy La La
Isaiah Washington
Vic Powell
Ivelka Reyes
Jessica
Spike Lee
Snuffy
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Uncle Brown
Frances Foster
Aunt Song
Manny Perez
Hector
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