The ingrained self-hatred of its characters reflect outward toward those who remind them of themselves.

| Jun 23, 2016

However diffuse the movie's agenda, it is never less than thoroughly involving.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 21, 2015

Strong and powerful, Jungle Fever dares us to be disinterested, dares us to turn away.

| Apr 21, 2015

It's all too much for Lee to handle. Jungle Fever is overlong, yet he hasn't found the screen time to give each of these people his or her reasons, and even the Snipes and Sciorra characters slip away from him.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 21, 2015

It certainly is something to see.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 21, 2015

Isn't it refreshing to talk about a thoughtful movie in a summer full of fluff?

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 21, 2015

Jungle Fever may be a failure, but it is the kind of failure that engenders hope: It finds Lee refining the skills he already possesses and striking out in encouraging new directions.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 21, 2015

Snipes, it's clear, is a major actor.

| Original Score: B- | Sep 7, 2011

Includes a number of memorable set pieces, most notably a visit to a crack den which, accompanied by the epic sound of Stevie Wonder's "Living In The City," is simply unforgettable.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 22, 2008

Lee tackles the subject of interracial romance from the unavoidable vantage point that, while things today are more open, they are also considerably more volatile and complex.

| Sep 22, 2008

There are so many voices you may think you're swimming through a maelstrom, but thanks to Lee it's all superbly orchestrated.

| Sep 22, 2008

Lee is in fine form.

| Apr 7, 2008

Instead of showing how prejudice seeps into the private intimacies of daily life, the film turns its attention to the other characters.

| Feb 9, 2006

Lee is so adept that he is able to transcend the symmetry that the narrative more or less imposes on him.

| May 21, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 7, 2003

Jungle Fever is not to be underestimated or ignored.

Full Review | May 12, 2001

Lee is never content to show one side of the picture and he attempts to address issues that he's not even convinced he's on the wrong side of.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Brilliant when it examines the people who surround his feverish couple, but uncertain when it comes to the lovers themselves.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

The result, for the most part, is a provocative, quintessentially Spike symphony.

| Jan 1, 2000