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Bamboozled

  • Rated R
  • 2hr 15m
  • 56

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Spike Lee

Producer:

Spike Lee, Jon Kilik, Kisha Imani Cameron

Release Date:

Oct 6, 2000

Runtime:

2hr 15m

Synopsis

A frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin, it becomes a hit.

Cast

  • Damon Wayans
  • Savion Glover
  • Jada Pinkett Smith
  • Tommy Davidson
  • Michael Rapaport
  • Thomas Jefferson Byrd
  • Paul Mooney
  • Sarah Jones
  • Gillian Iliana Waters
  • Susan Batson

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Metacritic

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Based on 39 Critics
6.6

USER SCORE (28)

Generally favorable reviews based on 28 Reviews
27

If Lee's intention was to cement our loathing of blackface comedy, he's succeeded all too well.

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Metacritic review by Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
Mr. Showbiz
88

Nothing seriously detracts from the film's overall brilliance.

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Metacritic review by Chris Kaltenbach
Chris Kaltenbach
Baltimore Sun
38

The film's as chaotic and heavy-handed as Summer of Sam without the same sense of harsh reality.

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Metacritic review by Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer
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