Get On the Bus . Tucson Weekly . 10-31-96

Get On the Bus

DIRECTED BY: Spike Lee

REVIEWED: 10-31-96

A road movie from Spike Lee about a disparate group of African American men traveling from Los Angeles to Washington D.C to attend Louis Farrakhan's Million Man March. Lee's filmmaking style is innovative and fascinating, but it doesn't seem quite right for this static, issue-oriented movie. Get on the Bus presents an assortment of political types, crams them together on a bus, and lets them argue about issues of African American masculinity. Though some of the discussions and characters are lively and moving, others have a tinny, pedantic feel; sometimes this movie feels more like a lecture than a Spike Lee Joint.

--Stacey Richter

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