67
Metascore
26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThis is a terrific movie: jolting, savage, horrifically funny, nightmarishly exciting but also brainy and compassionate.
- 70NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenA thick stew of sex, violence and suspicion, Lee's movie -- spiked up with a virtually nonstop soundtrack -- definitely has the power to jangle your nerves.
- 70Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumLike most of Lee’s work, this movie bites off a lot more than it can possibly chew, and it bristles with the worst kind of New York provincialism.
- 70TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghA tabloid slice of tabloid life, ragged, vivid, awkward and punchy all at once.
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyIt's a kaleidoscope of ideas that range from exciting to silly and gaudy.
- 60New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerNew York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerIt's all been done before, and better.
- 60SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinSpike Lee is a virtuoso filmmaker, a wizard at selling a sequence, but he'll never make an entirely coherent movie until he learns to go deeper into his subjects instead of wider with them.
- 50Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonIf there's any moral to this sorry story, perhaps Lee's stealth-message is it: Even when it's not about race, it is.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumSpike Lee noisily attempts to place the hunt for real-life serial killer David Berkowitz at the center of a hotheaded sociological fantasy linking disco glitz, punk rebellion, ethnic insularity, sexual craving, and sizzling heat into one rattling chain of urban hysteria.