Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: February 13, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
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Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
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11
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2
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88
Slant MagazineChuck BowenFeb 7, 2015
A dizzying hall-of-mirrors stunt, a horror remake as autobiographical X-ray, and a work of fantasy that serves as a decadently cleansing creative exorcism. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierFeb 11, 2015
This great-looking, often spellbinding film also shows Lee’s sometimes pervasive theatricality threatening to chomp into the story. But the swirling strangeness of “Sweet Blood” makes it his most mesmerizing work since the underrated “Bamboozled” (2000) and “25th Hour” (2002). Read full review
80
The New YorkerRichard BrodyJan 14, 2015
For all its loose ends and unanswered practicalities, its wild urgency is thrilling. It defies the expectations fostered by Lee’s prior films; it steps back even as it moves inward. It is, in the modern-classic sense, a late film. Read full review
70
TheWrapJames RocchiFeb 17, 2015
Unrepentant, uneven and unique, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus proves that Lee can still make a film worthy of the arguments it will most certainly start. Read full review
67
IndieWireEric KohnJun 25, 2014
Whenever Lee ventures away from the outrageous particulars of the plot, "Da Sweet Blood of Jesus" transforms into a stylish means of exploring contemporary struggles in urban black America by depicting it as a ballet of navigating personal and practical conflicts alike. Read full review
63
New York PostSara StewartFeb 11, 2015
Scored by Bruce Hornsby, Lee’s film veers all over the place tonally, juxtaposing scenes of spurting gore with soothing jazz. Hess’ WASP-y mansion, with its huge photo portraits of African warriors, is an interesting study in mashing up race and class stereotypes, though the film’s rambling plot may leave your brain feeling a little mashed, too. Read full review
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