Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlamsman” mostly won over its well-heeled premiere audience at the Cannes Film Festival, earning and standing ovation and positive reactions on social media. Though reports from the scene say the room was divided with American critics in love, and French critics saying ‘non.’
John David Washington and Adam Driver star in the racially-driven comedy, which recounts the amazing true story of an African American detective who penetrated the ranks of the KKK.
“It’s simultaneously Spike Lee’s most entertaining film since ‘Inside Man and a savvy indictment of Trump-era bigotry right down to the chilling real-life climax,” wrote Eric Kohn of IndieWire.