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The movie is a tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. It depicts his life and career since he is a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam.
Visually and dramatically, Lee pulls out all the stops, but it's Washington's performance that really energizes the film, and he's an exhilarating presence throughout.
Spike Lee called 1992's Malcolm X "the picture I was born to make," and star Denzel Washington referred to the titular civil-rights leader as "the role of a lifetime." They're both right...[Blu-ray]
Benefits from a lively lead performance by the miscast Denzel Washington but doesn't come within light years of the book, one of the greatest American autobiographies.
An ambitious, tough, seriously considered biographical film that, with honor, eludes easy characterization.
May 20, 2003
Common Sense Media
Insightful and well-rounded portrait of Malcolm X.
January 02, 2011
TIME Magazine
Lee sketches Malcolm's life colorfully, if by the numbers. But he falls victim to the danger of movie biography: he elevates Malcolm's importance until the vital historical context is obscured.
Lamoclm X may seem conventional by Spike Lee's standards, but as a biopic of a controversial historical figure, it's superior to the nobility of spirit of a movie like Gandhi, for example, and Attenborough's high-mindedness.