Summer of Sam
Spike Lee's take on the Son of Sam murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centres on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood, living in fear and suspicion of one another. Stars John Leguizamo (Critical Thinking), Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino and Jennifer Esposito.
1999142 minsUSATouchstone Pictures
DramaThriller
Summer of Sam | Reviews
51%102 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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San Francisco Chronicle
A colourful, wacked-out film. It's a movie nostalgic for a bad time.
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Roger Ebert
Lee's best films thrum with a wound-up energy, and Summer of Sam vibrates with fear, guilt and lust.
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Entertainment Weekly
In Summer of Sam, Spike Lee isn't interested in truth - or coherence, for that matter.
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The Globe and Mail
The disappointment with Summer of Sam is not that it's exploitative; it's just difficult to figure out what it's supposed to be about.
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Chicago Tribune
A terrific movie: jolting, savage, horrifically funny, nightmarishly exciting but also brainy and compassionate.
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Summer of Sam | Release Details
Summer of Sam is available to stream in New Zealand now on Apple TV and Disney+.