Bamboozled

Brilliantly done work of satire. The biting, hilarious humor of the beginning gradually dissolves into deepening drama as the principals in the story--the stars and developers of a cynically created "new millennium minstrel show"--are swept toward a tragic ending. Excellent work from Damon Wayans, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Tommy Davidson, Savion Glover and Michael Rappaport (particularly Wayans, in a radical departure from his previous work). Probably Spike Lee's best movie, and just as probably should have been nominated for Best Picture.