| When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as well have landed on Mars. Fresh from his cushy life in Atlanta, he’s bored and friendless, and his strict grandfather, Enoch, a firebrand preacher, is bent on getting him to accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior. Only Chazz, the feisty girl from church, provides a diversion from the drudgery. As hot summer simmers and Sunday mornings brim with Enoch’s operatic sermons, things turn anything but dull as people’s conflicting agendas collide. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 10, 2012 |
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| Director: | Spike Lee |
| Writer: | Spike Lee, James McBride |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $336,855
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Clarke Peters | Da Good Bishop Enoch Rouse |
| Nate Parker | Box |
| Thomas Jefferson Byrd | Deacon Zee |
| Toni Lysaith | Chazz Morningstar |
| Jules Brown | Flik Royale |
| Heather Simms | Sister Sharon Morningstar |
| Quincy Tyler Bernstine | Hazel |
| De'Adre Aziza | Colleen Royale |
| Kimberly Hebert Gregory | Sister Sweet |
| Colman Domingo | Blessing Rowe |
| Spike Lee | Mr. Mookie |
| Isiah Whitlock Jr. | Detective Flood |
| Al Palagonia | Detective Haggerty |
| Limary Agosto | Lourdes |
| Stephen McKinley Henderson | Deacon Yancy |
| Daniel Breaker | Cliff |
| Turron Kofi Alleyne | Butter |
| Tracy Camilla Johns | Mother Darling |
| James Ransone | Kevin |
| Sumayya Ali | Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member |
| Jon Batiste | Da Organist Tk Hazelton |
| Charles Anthony Bryant | Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member |
| Janinah Burnett | Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member |
| Courtney D. Carey | Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member |
| Jim Davis | Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Director |
| Shani Foster | Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member |
| Arthur French | Mr. Curtis |
| Louanne Harris | Donna / Kayak Instructor |
| Samantha Ivers | Patty Simmons |
| Kalon Jackson | Husband / Father |
| Kevin D. Johnson | Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member |
| Jackson Lee | Kayak Kid |
| Brian K. Major | Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member |
| Lillie Marshall | Miss Marshall |
| Sakura Myers | Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member |
| Sincere Peters | Blessing Rowe - 12 Yrs Old |
| Mari-Yan L. Pringle | Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member |
| Gregory A. Robinson | Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member |
| Moriah Scott | Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member |
| Charlotte Small | Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member |
| Nesean Smith | Lil' Budda |
| Tyheim Smith | Kayak Kid |
| Briana Swann | Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member |
| Fred Tolliver Jr. | Born Knowledge |
| Brandon Waddles | Lil' Peace Of Heaven Baptist Church Of Red Hook Choir Member |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Spike Lee | Director, Screenplay |
| Bruce Hornsby | Original Music Composer |
| Judith Hill | Songs |
| James McBride | Screenplay |
| Hye Mee Na | Editor |
| Kerwin DeVonish | Director of Photography |
| Sarah Frank | Production Design |
| Bruce Thierry Cheung | Script Supervisor |
| Marvin R. Morris | Music Editor |
| Sidney Brisco | Gaffer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Spike Lee | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Starts off pretty good, gets a bit muddy in the middle with only the ocassional spark but in the end picks up again, with a change of tone that was unexpected but made it a bit more interesting. Although in the end not entirely a religious film there is countless of talks of God and Jesus, in fac ... t there are more scenes with references to one of them than there are without them. The music is great but ocassionally I felt like they could just left the background silent cause it felt like it was pretty nonstop throughout. Spike Lee does have a tendency to overuse music though in general. And some of the scenes (especially the preacher scenes) were too long for their own good. The acting overall is solid especially Clarke Peters as the bishop shines, the kids weren't that amazing though (in particular the girl who played Chazz... 'Ooooooooooooooh!'). Overall it's okay, far better than 'Da Sweet Blood of Jesus' and maybe even slightly better than 'ChiRaq' but it's still far from Spike Lee's work in his heydays we're talking about here. 5.5/10... a weak 3/5.