Thursday, October 01, 2009

Who's the Greatest Working Film Director? Round Ten: Spike Lee vs. Woody Allen

In our tenth and final round of comparing the recent work of well-regarded film directors, we take a look at the best three films of veterans Spike Lee and Woody Allen. Both had their glory days before this decade, but they have continued to create some well-reviewed work over the past ten years. Again, we use the Metacritic meta-score and only look at their top three best-reviewed works of the past decade. Here's how they stack up:

Round 10

Spike Lee

When the Levees Broke (2006) - 88

Passing Strange (2009) - 85

Inside Man (2006) - 76 (tied with The Original Kings of Comedy, 2000)

Average: 83


Woody Allen

Match Point (2005) - 72

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) - 70

Small Time Crooks (2000) - 69

Average: 70

So Spike Lee trounces Woody Allen in this final round of the competition. Come back next week for a list of the top ten greatest working film directors.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

They are both way past their prime.

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