Summer of Sam

Is Summer of Sam right for your family?

Movie 1999 142 min

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

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Provisional estimate — not yet fully analyzed. R (US)

Likely present: ViolencePolitical & social messagingHeavy emotional content

The title is a crime drama depicting murders and fear in a neighborhood.

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