Siskel & Ebert - Jungle Fever (1991)

Siskel and Ebert reviews an American romantic drama film "Jungle Fever" on June 7, 1991. It is written, produced and directed by Spike Lee. It stars Lee, Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Lonette McKee, John Turturro, Frank Vincent, Halle Berry (in her film debut), Tim Robbins, Brad Dourif, Queen Latifah, Michael Imperioli, and Anthony Quinn, and is Lee's fifth feature-length film.
It explores the beginning and end of an extramarital interracial relationship against the urban backdrop of the streets of New York City in the early 1990s.
Both Gene and Roger really liked the film a lot, for finding finding Spike Lee tackling timely sociopolitical themes in typically provocative style, even if the result is sometimes ambitious to a fault. They praised the casting, particularly Samuel L. Jackson's performance as crack addict Gator, which is often considered to be his breakout role.
I actually agreed with Gene and Roger, and I really liked it a lot. I thought it was emotional and heartwarming. I like the love story Flipper and Angie, as they do so of like each other and fall in love. But unfortunately, things got messed up when Flipper is fed to be mixed with whites. Though, he still likes her and became friends. It's really a very good dramatic film that contains two sequences: the girl talk and the crackhouse visit - of amazing power. It also contains humor and insight and canny psychology, strong performances, and the fearless discussion of things both races would rather not face. We still struggle in a segregation world of present day, but we could be used to together. A marginal thumbs up for me on "Jungle Fever".
Jungle Fever (1991) 3.5/4 👍👍👍
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[@uyeda]

Before Halle Berry did X-Men even Monsters Ball.

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@uyeda LeVar Burton during the production of Roots was dancing cheek to cheek with a white woman in a club she was his girlfriend at the time and this was in 1977. Tyne Daly was married to Georg Sanford Brown. The couple fought prejudice and hate toward their interracial marriage, and their love♥for each other helped them weather every storm. 🤗🕺💃🙏

[@KaejaeDoherty]

She was ok, but Samuel L Jackson stole this entire film
Its a very good film, but the Leads , Snipes and Sciorra are kind of dull, but
Lonette Mckee, John Turturro, Tyra Ferrell and Especially Mr Jackson are exceptional and helps elevate the film where the screenplay falters after the initial sex scene between the 2 leads

[@jayhawkins9459]

They weren’t dull at all, very believable roles and romance

[@KaejaeDoherty]

@@jayhawkins9459 I disagree, compared to the supporting cast, they were dull

[@DrakeJosh-nc5ql]

Snipes is a good actor but he was miscast probably should have been denzel.

[@metronum]

oh hell no @@DrakeJosh-nc5ql

[@camaradiop3731]

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At that period in his (Denzel Washington's) career, he wasn't about to have a sex scene OR a romance with a "white" woman, because he didn't want to antagonize/offend his large base of black female fans. I distinctly recall this period, as Mr. Washington is my favorite actor.

[@CommieGobeldygook]

The ending is just awful. "NOOOOOO!"

[@Blodia1990]

Truly incomprehensible. I was in disbelief

[@I_am_Dane_Youssef]

I didn't get it at all. 🙄