Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2015) Movie Review

Comedy, Hollywood, Movie Review, Romance, Thriller,

{[['']]}

 

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2015) Movie Review
Production:     40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
Genres:     Thriller, Comedy, Romance
Country:     USA
Language:     English
Director:    Spike Lee
Stars:    Stephen Tyrone Williams, Zaraah Abrahams, Rami Malek

Critic Reviews for Da Sweet Blood of Jesus - MDBReviews
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus critic reviews provided by Metacritic.com

The Playlist | Rodrigo Perez

Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus is, without question, bold, distinct, and idiosyncratic filmmaking with its own voice. Unfortunately, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good or in any kind of reasoned key.
Full Review

Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

Although Lee briefly engages in some fascinating ideas linking the vampire’s existence to cultural empowerment, preservation and survival, he squanders that potential in leaden soft-core cliches that usually wind up with him ogling the female form.
Full Review

The Dissolve | Nathan Rabin

Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus is the best kind of failure, impassioned and singular, but it’s a failure all the same— glacially paced, stiffly acted, shapeless, and for the most part tremendously boring. It’s an intriguing idea ruined by the execution. There’s a fine line between hypnotic and somnolent.
Full Review

Village Voice | Alan Scherstuhl
Jesus, meanwhile, exhibits all of Lee's weaknesses — clashing tones, careless pacing, the straightest dude's hand-in-pants idea of lesbianism — but also just enough of his might and madness that the Lee-minded shouldn't miss it.
Full Review

Chicago Sun-Times | Richard Roeper
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus is a bold but wildly uneven, bloody mess of a film, sunk in large part by the subpar performances by nearly every major character in nearly every major role.
Full Review

Los Angeles Times | Robert Abele
While this return to indie roots frees up Lee's often gifted image making, his usual pace issues and penchant for jagged flourish over sustained feeling keep it from achieving a rich, strange, sexy and sad whole.
Full Review

New York Post | Sara Stewart

Scored by Bruce Hornsby, Lee’s film veers all over the place tonally, juxtaposing scenes of spurting gore with soothing jazz. Hess’ WASP-y mansion, with its huge photo portraits of African warriors, is an interesting study in mashing up race and class stereotypes.
Full Review

New York Daily News | Joe Neumaier

This great-looking, often spellbinding film also shows Lee’s sometimes pervasive theatricality threatening to chomp into the story. But the swirling strangeness of “Sweet Blood” makes it his most mesmerizing ....
Full Review