Malcolm X

Warner Bros. | Release Date: November 18, 1992

7.9	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 88 Ratings

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amheretojudgeJul 3, 2018

suffering for attaining an uneven and imbalanced state of peace..

Malcolm X 2 And A Half Out Of 5 Malcolm X is a character driven feature that focuses on justifying the characters rather than rechecking the material twice or even a clocksuffering for attaining an uneven and imbalanced state of peace..

Malcolm X

2 And A Half Out Of 5

Malcolm X is a character driven feature that focuses on justifying the characters rather than rechecking the material twice or even a clock for that matter. The journey of the protagonist depicted in here is a bit overstretched and not elaborated which comes off as a bit downer but since there is enough concrete material to feed the audience throughout the course of it, one can easily neglect it. It is short on technical aspects like cinematography, background score, art design, sound department and editing although is rich on costume and production design. The writing follows a rudimentary process of a rigid structure that is extracted directly from the textbook, it lacks maturity and smarter approach. The screenplay by Arnold Perl and Spike Lee is effective and creates a greater impact than anticipated among the viewers but unfortunately it also lags a lot. Spike Lee; the screenwriter and director, has done a tremendous work on executing the script on screen and it is undeniably Lee's feature as he speaks volume in every frame. The performance objective is taken hold by Denzel Washington with conviction and he does carry it all on his shoulder with head held high for around 200 minutes. Malcolm X is a process of suffering for attaining an uneven and imbalance state of peace that results in so latter, that the audience barely cares about the outcomes for they are having a time of their life encountering just the process.… Expand

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