Brooklyn Babylon
Artisan Entertainment | Release Date: August 17, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
26
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
2
Negative:
3
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40
VarietyScott Foundas
A case of means exceeded by ambition. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Only Sol and Sara even approach being real characters; the supporting players, Black and Jewish alike, are shrill stereotypes. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
The acting is, at best, serviceable; the sound track is too often unintelligible; the direction is often over the top; and the script relies heavily on stereotypes.
30
The New York TimesDave Kehr
The film dissolves into a series of diminishing anticlimaxes, ending on a note of portentous ambiguity. To the last, Mr. Levin maintains his uneasy balance of reportage and melodrama. Read full review
20
Village VoiceJessica Winter
Levin's Brooklyn Babylon, set during a hot summer in Crown Heights, is an ethnic-strife tract as thuddingly didactic as his previous "Whiteboys." Read full review
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