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4 Little Girls Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 5.0
    89

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Universal acclaim
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 100

    out of 100

    USA Today Mike Clark

    This subject demands consummate screen treatment and now has absolutely gotten it from director/producer Spike Lee. [10 Jul 1997, Pg.02.D]

  • 100

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    There is mostly sadness and regret at the surface in 4 Little Girls, but there is anger in the depths, as there should be.

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  • 100

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

    Director Spike Lee has made some of the most hard-edged and unsettling American films on racism and its effects. Yet none has been as moving as this. [24 Oct 1997, Pg.F2]

  • 80

    out of 100

    The New York Times Elvis Mitchell

    Mr. Lee, whose lean, straightforward documentary style loses none of his usual clarity and fire (the film has been exceptionally well shot by Ellen Kuras), summons a powerful sense of Birmingham's past and a galvanizing sense of how this bombing would change its future.

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  • 83

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly

    Surprisingly, given Lee's penchant for experimentation, there's nothing remotely innovative about this sober, often intensely moving exploration of a community's lingering grief and outrage -- just the usual talking heads, stock footage, montages of stills, and such.

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  • 88

    out of 100

    ReelViews James Berardinelli

    It is Lee's job as a film maker to imbue these images with life, and that's a task he easily accomplishes.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    Variety Todd McCarthy

    Lee takes a conventional, talking-heads-and-archival-clips approach to the material, but rewardingly establishes an intimate connection with his subjects by devoting considerable time to the personalities and families of the four victims.

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