| Show Take a Trip over to Crook yn L rII I Movie Review J L J Dave Hansen SPIKE Lees Lee's new film mm opened last weekend with a simple story-line story and perception from a 10 year-old year girl and her family living in Brooklyn NY in the This film takes audiences audience's back audibly and visually with great de de- de- de tail Hairstyles clothing language games and music of the day give this film charisma and charm chann But the little girl Troy played by film newcomer Zelda Harris is the heart of the film Troy has the joys anxieties fun and growing pains to deal with like any normal 10 year She has 4 brothers full of hyperactivity teasing teasing teasing teas teas- ing her and getting in and out of trouble constantly while she tries tries' to be a kid and help her Mom and Dad by being some sort of an ex- ex the boys Troys Troy's mother Carolyn Carmichael Carmichael Carmichael Car- Car michael is played by Academy Award nominee Alfre Woodard passion Pas pas- Passion Passion sion Fish Grand Canyon Cross Creek and her father Woody is played by Delroy Lindo Malcom X Along with Harris Woodard and Lindo perform with meaning and something the audience can feel and hang on to even after the film Centered around the Carmichael family through the eyes of Troy give feelings anyone can relate to One of the funnier parts being when Troy is dropped off by mom moma momand momand a and d dad to live Jive with relatives down South for the summer This seg- seg ii j 9 r I 1 M F y j 1 t 1 ii Ii 4 t Zelda Harris bottom left stars in the new Spike Lee film ment is shot through a different lens giving objects and characters a tall skinny squeezed out appearance This lens proves fitting as Troy being used to yelling and roughhousing roughhousing roughhousing rough- rough housing at home finds herself in a anew anew anew new world with a stuffy upper- upper class Aunt with household rules Of course the Aunt is in tears by the time Troy leaves as keeping up with Troy and md her cousins cousin's ventures and an accidental death of Aunties dog occurs Carolyn Carol yn has had her hands full bringing in the cash as a school schoolteacher schoolteacher schoolteacher teacher and trying to keep the fam fam- ily in line while Woody struggles as a Jazz musician Carolyn then is diagnosed with Cancer while Troy is away coming home to find her mom in the hospital The fil film m isn't heavy full of world problems or racial struggles as some people expect from filmmaker filmmaker filmmaker film film- maker Lee This work tells a normal normal normal nor nor- mal story some of which is inspired inspired inspired in in- on Spike and siblings Joie and Cinque Lees Lee's upbringing Nostalgia is prevalent and the story of this family struggling to tomake tomake tomake make ends meet is realistically funny sad and over-all over heart heart- warming |
