In the fall of 1944, four African-American soldiers find themselves caught behind enemy lines and surrounded by German soldiers. They take refuge in a small Italian village that has been temporarily vacated by the Germans. In their company in a small boy, obviously shell-shocked and feverish, who seems only to speak to his invisible friend Arturo. Tensions rise among the four men not only because of their life-threatening situation but also because two of them become rivals for the attention of an attractive young woman. When they manage to make contact with their unit, they are told to captu... re a German soldier for questioning and with the aid of the Italian partisans, have a candidate. What they don't realize is that there is a traitor in the partisan group, one that will have major repercussion on one of the men 40 years later.
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An important story indifferently told, Spike Lee's Miracle at St. Anna shows what happens when a film's execution does not measure up to its ideas.
The notion behind St. Anna is to create an epic World War II drama celebrating the largely forgotten exploits of African American infantrymen known as Buffalo Soldiers and to explore the complex dynamics of fighting for freedom in what was essentially a segregated Army.
To tell that larger story, however, another more plot-driven tale had to be found, and, as scripted by James McBride from his novel, the result comes up short. Pedestrian and awkward, this film is a disappointment not onl...
Spike Lee loses the battles and the war in Miracle at St. Anna, a clunky, poorly constructed drama designed to spotlight the little-remarked role of black American soldiers in World War II. Clocking in at 160 minutes, this is a sloppy stew in which the ingredients of battle action, murder mystery, little-kid sentiment and history lesson don???t mix well. Nor is it remotely clear who the audience is meant to be; the R rating pretty much rules out younger students, and extensive subtitles will deter action fans, who would be bored anyway. Best B.O. will likely be in Italy, where most of the melodrama takes place.
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Spike Lee is not my favorite person on planet Earth, but he produced one of the finest movies I've seen in years in "Miracle at St. Anna." I laughed, I raged, I wept, and in the end I felt a special fulfillment for having watched this masterpiece. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. I may not like Mr. Lee for my own reasons, but surely, I love what he has wrought. V/V
its a shame this film wasnt a commercial success as it couldve been because Spike makes an instant classic with actors few ever even heard of. i believe the actor who played Train it was his very first film. Wow! This is truly an epic tale that few could do right next to MalcolmX its Spikes best film. I truly was amazed at the war scenes to be honest it really seemed like Spike was just letting the audience have it. hes not known for his visceral style and here its done perfectly. the performances were awe inspiring from every level, from top to tails. i think the minor beef Spike had with Eastwood sorta had something to do with its box office failure Spike attacking Eastwood for not showing any Black marines in his war films he was making at the time. oh well who knows Spike hasnt blockbustered ina while not because hes incapable but because..as Bishop would say..MMHMM
Blacks were not allowed on the front lines in either of the theatres of WW2. This is just more lies and revisionist history created by a black bigot. If your true history was digging ditches and loading trucks while the white men fought the war then Ole Spike can create a history that sounds more pleasing than the actual truth. This guy reads and communicates on a third grade level,but that is okay bcause most of the people gullable enough to believe his fairey tales exist on a third grade level.
