An admirable failure. Essentially the problem is that the film clumsily moves between very broad (and mostly unfunny) comedy and really earnest emotional pleas for change without any consistency. It's hard to fault Lee too much for trying something so bold, but this movie simply doesn't work.
This review of Chi-Raq (2015) was written by Chrissy A on 31 Jan 2016.
Chi-Raq has generally received mixed reviews.
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