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Malcolm X
The movie is a tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. It depicts his life and career since he is a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam.
30 June 1959, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
22 August 1961, USA
26 March 1950, Gary, Indiana, USA
22 July 1932, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
May 20, 2003
An ambitious, tough, seriously considered biographical film that, with honor, eludes easy characterization.
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.
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.
January 02, 2011
Insightful and well-rounded portrait of Malcolm X.
March 04, 2011
The perfect combination of epic and personal, intimate and spectacular.
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.
January 06, 2010
Lee's film suffers from message over substance and is slightly tedious as a result.
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.
February 09, 2006
It plays surprisingly safe as a solidly crafted trawl through the didactic/hagiographic conventions of the mainstream biopic.
January 06, 2010
Spike Lee has made a disappointingly conventional and sluggish film in Malcolm X.
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]