Daily Plastic: Miracle at St. Anna

Movie	Our Take	Other Takes
Miracle at St. Anna Trailer . IMDB	There's a lot that doesn't make sense in Miracle at St. Anna, but there's a lot to appreciate, too.... With all the film's flaws (the poorly constructed battle sequences are another), I would've grudgingly admired Lee's latest if not for a risible frame story. J. Robert Parks Daily Plastic	The scenes I complain about are evidence of Lee's stature as an artist. In a time of studios and many filmmakers who play it safe and right down the middle, Lee has a vision and sticks to it. When you see one of his films, you're seeing one of his films. Miracle at St. Anna contains richness, anger, history, sentiment, fantasy, reality, violence and life. Maybe too much. Better than too little. Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times His heart is really in defacing American iconography, as when the black soldiers recall a Norman Rockwell-style diner back home and the owner's refusing to serve them — even though a table was occupied by German prisoners. When the flashback ends, the men stare balefully into the camera. The seconds crawl: What are they glaring at? Us? It turns out to be some racist posters, but I can't help thinking we've also been accused. David Edelstein New York Magazine The impulse here is to say something about the nobility of this movie's intent or to note that Spike Lee is one of our best filmmakers. But the first and most honest thing to say about Miracle at St. Anna is that it's an awful mess. Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle

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