In an exciting atmosphere, this movie, follows the strong discussion that two teams of students at the historical collage for black, Mission College, have, as each one of them don't listen to the other team, the thing that challenges them and brings terrible for them.
Spike Lee had something in mind while he shot School Daze, his follow-up to the cult hit She's Gotta Have It. Unfortunately it's still lodged behind his cranium.
For every tough-minded confrontation between the different student factions, School Daze is apt to offer a love scene less than vital to the plot, or an overlong musical scene whose effect is that of treading water.
EmanuelLevy.Com
November 29, 2006
The film's political issues are far more interesting than its artistic attributes--this messy picture feels as if Spike Lee is just incidentally interested in what makes musical movies work
