Memorable, crazy movie

From my favorite movies..

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Unless you were an adult in the 1990s, Jungle Fever probably won't strike a chord with you, so you might want to keep looking for tonight's evening entertainment. In 1991, it was a big enough deal for a black man to have an affair with his white, Italian secretary to inspire Spike Lee to make one of his controversial, heavy dramas he's known for. People who weren't even born yet might not be able to relate; Moonlight might be the movie they talk about with their friends instead.Wesley Snipes is married to Lonette McKee, but when he has an affair with Annabella Sciorra, everyone's world gets turned upside down. At first they keep their affair a secret, no only because he's married, but because an interracial relationship wouldn't immediately be accepted by their friends and family. But, of course, since this is a Spike Lee Joint, you can bet on the secret getting out, tensions reaching their boiling points, and lives getting destroyed.What I like about this movie-Jungle Fever is my favorite of Spike Lee's films-is there are many more issues discussed than race. Samuel L. Jackson plays a junkie, and the relationship between him, his brother Wesley, and his parents Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, is truly accessible and heartbreaking. Lonette and her friends have a heart-to-heart about what it's like to be a black woman trying to find romance in a culture that doesn't generally link beauty with dark skin. In one of the most memorable scenes for me, Wesley and Annabella are playing around, having a good time on the sidewalk; an outsider mistakes their interaction for attempted rape and calls the police. It's a very chilling scene, one that's still incredibly applicable today. Much of the movie is, but since it's very obviously a "90s movie", modern audiences might not find it edgy enough. Grown-ups remember how edgy it was, and when we re-watch it-if we choose to; it is very heavy-it'll still seem edgy.Keep an eye out for Halle Berry and Queen Latifah in very small parts. Halle plays Sam's junkie girlfriend, and while her performance looks like a bad community theater rehearsal, Queen's small part as a tired, overworked waitress is much better acted. On the Italian side, John Turturro and Anthony Quinn add to the cast.Kiddy Warning: Obviously, you have control over your own children. However, due to graphic sex scenes, language, and violence, I wouldn't let my kids watch it.

Before it was socially acceptable and desirable to be with black men,Jungle Fever explores this once taboo topic. Being attracted to black men myself, I find this movie thrilling and exciting. All of the beautiful black actors, and their struggles to share their love with society. If you have ever been as attracted to black guys as me or ever wondered what it would be like to take one fully into you and your heart, this is the film for you. It is a candid look at society and the racism we all face.Spike Lee at his finest and Wesley Snipes is such a physical specimen,its hard not to watch. Again, I highly recommend this movie. Watch with your significant other.

Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes) is a black architect with growing recognition, aiming at becoming partner at his current firm. Married with child his wife Drew (Lonette McKee) and daughter Vera (Veronica Webb) are seemingly the apple of his eye. When given an assisrant of Italian roots, Angie Tucci (Annabella Sciorra), Flipper initially objects on racial grounds, opting for a black-skinned subordinate. These reservations soon come to pass, when working nights together they soon uncover a growing fascination with each other, despite their differing skin colours. This soon turns into a romance, which crosses racial boundaries, causing a stir in both neighbourhoods and making them outcasts from their families...American film in general still has racial issues. Seeing a mixed couple on screen is a strangely rare occurrence, despite an increase in Afroamerican actors on the front-line. Even when employed the norm is having non-mixed couples, as if to avoid inciting unpopular furore among both sides of the divide. The exceptions to the norm are few and far between, surprisingly most often introduced by non-American directors. Even less widespread is such mixed couples not being the core of the story told - a notable exception is "Things We Lost In the Fire" by Dane Susanne Bier, where Halle Berry and David Duchovny create a loving couple with race issues never even implied.This speaks volume why "Jungle Fever" and the issues touched remain poignantly important till this day - the concept of mixed race pairs is so innerly counter-cultural to the American society at large, even more so than in Europe or light years behind the formerly racial South Africa. Spike Lee therefore located a subject mine for a classic movie, which would stay in memory for its breakthrough content. However Spike Lee wouldn't be himself, if he hadn't resorted to some tricks of trade, flashing audiences with subplots, which do nothing but distort the core theme (Flipper's flailing career or an absolutely detrimental story about his brother the narcomaniac). Meanwhile the racial issues themselves get dragged down with overly preachy monologues or dialogues, finally delivering little in terms of a satisfying conclusion. Seemingly afraid of going the mile Spike Lee finally pulls up and offers a screeching happy ending, but somewhere within this feverish mixed racial love the context becomes diluted. Already permeating with an unmistakable style, patchy story lines and venturing camera shots, Spike Lee's trademarks came to fruition, but unfortunately with a movie being a far cry from "Do the Right Thing" or "The 25th Hour", proving to be a director renowned for a very uneven film career.

Someone above made a terrible comment on this, implying that Jungle Fever is, for some reason, hateful towards Christians. It's important to stress that while Spike Lee often comes under fire from all sides for allegedly putting his own views across - be it homophobic, sexist, anti-semitic, or most commonly, racist - this is more a measure of the issues his films cover, and a strange excuse to pick holes in great films, than a genuine argument.No, Jungle Fever is a brilliant film that both answers questions of his critics and raises new ones. With a similar cast to Spike's classic two years previous, Do The Right Thing (which, if you haven't seen, look up or watch), with future stars Samuel L. Jackson and Halle Berry, there's a sense of the familiar. Samuel in particular gives such an incredible performance that at the Cannes Film Festival, a 'Best Supporting Actor' award was created especially for him.For those who have seen Spike's previous work - it's similar to Do The Right Thing, in a way. Most of the characters are characters are hard to warm to the same way as that film, and, overall, it's not as good a film - but it's not the same film. It concerns sexual myths, and somehow managing not to feel tacked on, drugs (critics demanded to know where the drugs were in Do The Right Thing upon release - Spike responded by asking where the drugs were in Oliver Stone's Wall Street, then obliged with Jungle Fever).If you haven't, expect a look at the issue of mixed relationships, tinged with humour and tragedy, and a rather good soundtrack. But come armed with an open mind.