Review of Miracle at St. Anna (2008) by Craig S — 29 Nov 2013

Great idea; atrocious execution. Lee has lost his touch.

This review of Miracle at St. Anna (2008) was written by Craig S on 29 Nov 2013.

Miracle at St. Anna has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Paul B (2,474) on 03 Dec 2012

Apart from his signature circular camera movement thing at the start, a few heavy-handed moments ramming the message home and a horrible, cringeworthy…

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By Grant K (753) on 29 Nov 2013

Great idea; atrocious execution. Lee has lost his touch…

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By Kyle M (2,387) on 29 Oct 2012

Great story, but it gets lost in the details that Spike Lee fixates over. Really wanted to like it...but can only say it's okay…

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By Ryan T (1,220) on 09 Mar 2013

Wow really? These are the ratings? I thought it was a great movie, not overproduced, and great cinamatography and diologue…

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Titanic 2: A Spike Lee Joint' Falls into the typical trap of having too many stories, some racial tensions that come across as too blatant…

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Miracle at St. Anna is not work of outrage or joy. It's something distressingly new for the filmmaker: a work of obligation…

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By Joe C (1,448) on 21 May 2013

Try not to shed a tear during this war drama set it in Italy. The ending is truly amazing, brush up on your Italiano, and prepare for the miracle…

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By Manuel N (217) on 19 Dec 2018

Great Job man! Cool Editing, I felt like I was in the game! Happy to find on boxxy software…

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By Brian R (1,372) on 31 Aug 2012

The battle scenes are quite good…

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After 6 years I finally decided to watch this awful movie. I should have stuck to my guns and never watched it…

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