Bamboozled

Audacious, vibrant, unsurprisingly maligned but frequently brilliant.

Spike Lee's sharp, riotous satire, from 2000, zeroes in on the grotesque misrepresentation of blacks in American media-and their underrepresentation in the corporate offices that control it.

Provocative Spike Lee movie for older teens.

This is basically sloppy, all-over-the-map filmmaking with few hints of self-criticism and few genuine laughs.

If Mr. Lee meant to bring back blackface entertainment as a metaphor for the current black performers he finds obnoxious, he has miscalculated.

Lee's satire on American TV is an intriguing failure.

Bamboozled exists to serve as a reminder that the message will always be raw with Spike Lee and he is the King of Satire.

Bamboozled starts bold & fearless, delivering a sharp satirical punch. Spike Lee crafts a rightfully polarising, vital commentary on race & media.

Even if Lee's only intent with Bamboozled was to ignite fiery discourse about race and representation in entertainment, his film remains a rousing achievement as both art and a social prompt.

Although the script gets away from Lee in certain parts, there are several delicious, hilarious, and thought-provoking layers to the story that continue to resonate.