Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.4 / 5.0

Best Movie Period:

I saw Malcolm X when it first came out in the theaters a long while back. I loved it soooo much I bought the tape and watched at least 20 times over and plan to watch it more than that. The story is about the life of the great civil rights leader Malcolm X. We see him at his most low, as a common criminal, his rise thru the Nation Of Islam, and his spiritual evolution which takes him even beyond Elijah Mohammed. This was and still is Spike Lee's best film yet. And I don't care what a lot people, especially... more info

Why No Oscar?:

To this day, "Malcolm X" is one of my all time favorite films. It is a shame that some of the greatest performances are ignored while equal or lesser performances are praised. For example, Denzel Washington won for "Glory" (a great film) but lost with "Malcolm X" and Laurence Fishburne lost with "Othello" and won for "Whats Love Got to do With It" (an inferior film). And all this while there are screams of discrimination in Hollywood. Denzel wins for a powerful slave role, but not for a controversial... more info

Powerful...:

...is the best way to describe Malcolm X, Denzel Washinton's greatest work in cinema so far. It tells the story of Malcolm X, the strong-willed black revolution leader whose ironic and powerful views differed very differently from Martin Luther Jr.
Denzel Washington gives an extraordinary performance, and with heart he shows the metamorphosis of Malcolm X, from hip young kid, to his life of crime days, to when he was a white-hating civil rights leader.
There are many other great performances in the... more info

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