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Love the Hard Way

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Love the Hard Way." Oscar-winner Adrien Brody and Charlotte Ayanna star in this drama about a thief who falls for a curious, beautiful young woman. As their intimacy grows, a slick cop (Pam Greer) is closing in.

Rating: PG-13

Running Time: 112 mins. (V)

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, David Patrick Kelly, Zelda Harris, Carlton Williams, Sharif Rashed, Tse-Mach Washington, Christopher Knowings, José Zúniga, Isaiah Washington

director: Spike Lee

A fictionalized autobiographical look at filmmaker Spike Lee's family during the 1970s, as told through the eyes of a 9-year-old girl.

December 8, 2000

Say this about the new Spike Lee movie which recalls his childhood in Brooklyn, N.Y., during the 1970s: Disney it's not. Lee kicks bogus Hollywood uplift out of Crooklyn with a fuck-that-shit vengeance. More surprisingly, he takes his infamous male ego out of overdrive. The film's Carmichael family may be monopolized by men: dad Woody (Delroy Lindo) and four rusty-butt sons, Clinton (Carlton Williams), Wendell (Sharif Rashid), Nate (Chris Knowings) and Joseph (TseMach Washington). But it's mom…