Watchability: 3.5
This is a movie to watch and discuss so it may take one or more rentals/downloads to fully appreciate it. We found ourselves saying that we were "ready for something to happen" during the interesting tableaus into different characters' lives but ultimately realized there was enough "action" to keep us engaged until the end.
Family Guy: 2
Indirect but a reference to Rosie Perez: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COm9oTQBBqg
Relevance: 5
We're pretty sure this movie or definitely Spike Lee started a specific style of "plot" progression similar in originality to Tarantino with Pulp Fiction. This film portrays the lives of people connected by their location through brief interactions with each other without ever blatantly revealing the underlying tension building to the final climax. You are almost unaware that anything is ever going to "happen" until it does--in a big way. The end makes this a true, modern-day tragedy knowing that if only 1 of the many characters had made a different choice at any point, the entire outcome could have been avoided altogether....at least for the day....
It is relevant because of its impact and its ability to entertain the viewer.
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