Jungle Fever

Pros: Food for thought, brilliant ideas and acting

Cons: The crackhead subplot kind of unnecessary

Review: Spike Lee should have followed up Do the Right Thing with this film instead of Mo’ Better Blues. It has all the best elements of Spike’s work -- a poignant mix of drama and comedy based on racial and social problems. Jungle Fever is almost just as...

Pros: Lee's Direction/Script, Look, Locations, Music, & Cast.

Cons: It's Uneven in its Plot & The Ending.

The Bottom Line: Jungle Fever is a Provocative, Poignant Film from Spike Lee helmed by the Performances of Snipes, Sciorra, Jackson, Turturro, & Quinn. (4.5 out of 5)

Review: Interracial relationships is a discussion that is considered taboo in some circles though in recent year, it's not as scandalous as it was back in the 1950s or in the early 1990s. African-American director Spike Lee explored the world of interracial ...

Pros: Thought-provoking, well-acted, and nicely done.

Cons: Some of the conversations seem a bit canned. Movie is a bit of a downer.

The Bottom Line: This movie provides important insights into current race relations, as well as being thoroughly entertaining.

Review: JUNGLE FEVER is a Spike Lee follow up to his enormously popular Do The Right Thing, and again it explores black-white frictions. In NYC, a black architect with the odd name of Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes) becomes fascinated with his white temp ...