Crooklyn
May 13, 1994 | IMDB 6.8
114 min Watch NowComedy, Drama
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
Comedy, Drama
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
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IMDB 6.8 | Mar , 1974
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IMDB 4.5 | Jan , 2000
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