Before taking a dark swerve into chilling verité at the close, BlacKkKlansman ... kicks up suggestions of the pilot for a great 1970s mismatched cop show. It's that funky.

The resounding indictment -- of both the left and right alike -- is unmistakable.

I haven't read Stallworth's book, so I don't know precisely how much of Lee's movie is fact versus dramatization, but I do know that the movie is absolutely terrific.

Lee says that his hope is to "shake people from their slumber" and he achieves this with his entertaining, ultimately shocking film.

A remarkable blend of rage and humor makes BlacKkKlansman at once both a necessary and timeless experience. It will shock most, offend some, but most importantly will spark conversation among all.

Intellectually, the parallels with the current situation are very clear. And yet, it is again an emotional blow... when Lee presents the film's final sequence. [Full review in Spanish]

Don't be fooled by the 70s setting - Spike Lee is taking a squarely aimed swipe at the racial tensions of contemporary America.

BlacKkKlansman is a fairy tale in which plucky underdogs run rings around violent idiots. Yet this victory is hollow, and Lee knows it.

This could well be a commercial success. It's a blockbuster of an American film and it was much needed...

Spike Lee styles the film as a popular entertainment, forgoing the theatrical satire typical of his late-period state-of-the-nation joints, like Bamboozled and Chi-Raq, and settling into the accessible rhythms of the contemporary sitcom.

Lee acknowledges the power of cinema as a political tool - the KKK have Birth of a Nation to thank, while Ron and his activist girlfriend list off blaxploitation icons - and here he's engineered a rallying cry to an inert American populus.

BlacKkKlansman seldom ever channels that rage. Instead we are presented with a perfectly decent comedy that will be accessible enough for a wide mainstream audience. Fair enough.

You are never in any doubt that you are watching a 2018 movie that is less interested in the past for its own sake than for what it can tell us about our current American moment.

Spike Lee draws all his political weapons to carry out a forceful and devastating criticism about depravity, the cult of the white race and the Protestant religion. [Full review in Spanish]

In these tumultuous days if you don't laugh you'll cry and, by referencing phrases like 'Make America Great Again', Lee shows he knows that only too well.