Summer of Sam (1999)

Release date: 1999-07-02
Country: USA
Language: English|Italian
Director: Spike Lee
Production Co: Touchstone Pictures, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, Hostage Productions
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Rating: 6.7/10
Length: 2h 22min

Storyline

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

Plot Keywords

punk rocker, beating, bisexual, blackout, class, conformity, drug dealer, drugs, cult film, homophobia, black cop, male nudity, bigotry, ethnic slur, racial slur, female nudity, afro, friendship, riot, shooting

Short Review

Summer of Sam, for all its flash and well-crafted fury, is only superficially disturbing. It's a nightmare stroll down memory lane: feel-bad nostalgia.