Editing Spike Lee (section)

=== 2000s ===
[[File:Spike Lee at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Lee at the 2009 [[Tribeca Film Festival]]]]

In 2000, Lee directed ''[[Bamboozled]]'' (2000),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |date=2000-10-06 |title=FILM REVIEW; Trying On Blackface in a Flirtation With Fire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/06/movies/film-review-trying-on-blackface-in-a-flirtation-with-fire.html |access-date=2025-02-10 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> a satire about a modern televised [[minstrel show]]. He followed this with ''[[25th Hour]]'' (2002) starring [[Edward Norton]] and [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]] which opened to positive reviews, with several critics since having named it one of the best films of its decade. Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] added the film to his "Great Movies" list on December 16, 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=25th Hour Review |first=Roger |last=Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091216/REVIEWS08/912169990/1004 |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=December 16, 2009 |access-date=July 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322193930/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20091216%2FREVIEWS08%2F912169990%2F1004 |archive-date=March 22, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[A. O. Scott]],<ref>{{cite news |title=A. O. Scott's Ten Best Films of the 2000s |first=Brian |last=Dunn |author-link=A.O. Scott |url=http://www.bpdreview.com/2009/12/michael-phillips-and-o-scotts-ten-best.html |date=December 26, 2009 |access-date=November 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319052251/http://www.bpdreview.com/2009/12/michael-phillips-and-o-scotts-ten-best.html |archive-date=March 19, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Richard Roeper]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Roeper's best films of the decade |first=Richard |last=Roeper |author-link=Richard Roeper |url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/roeper/1967980,roepers-best-films-of-the-year-010110.article |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=January 1, 2010 |access-date=July 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421214649/http://www.suntimes.com/news/roeper/1967980,roepers-best-films-of-the-year-010110.article |archive-date=April 21, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Roger Ebert all put it on their "best films of the decade" lists.<ref>{{cite news|title=The best films of the decade |first=Roger |last=Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/12/the_best_films_of_the_decade.html |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=December 30, 2009 |access-date=July 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528130622/http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/12/the_best_films_of_the_decade.html |archive-date=May 28, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It was later named the 26th greatest film since 2000 in a [[BBC]] poll of 177 critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films |title=The 21st Century's 100 greatest films |publisher=BBC |date=August 23, 2016 |access-date=October 14, 2016}}</ref> The film was also a financial success earning almost $24 million against a $5 million budget.<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=25thhour.htm |title=25th Hour (2002) |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 18, 2013}}</ref> He followed ''25th Hour'' with ''[[She Hate Me]]'' (2004), which received negative reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Much to hate, plenty to love in 'She Hate Me' movie review (2004) {{!}} Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/she-hate-me-2004 |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=www.rogerebert.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2006, Lee directed ''[[Inside Man]]'' starring Denzel Washington, [[Jodie Foster]], [[Clive Owen]], [[Chiwetel Ejiofor]], [[Willem Dafoe]] and [[Christopher Plummer]]. The film was an unusual film for Lee considering it was a studio heist thriller. The film was a critical and financial success earning $186 million off a $45 million budget. ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' gave the film four stars out of five, concluding, "It's certainly a Spike Lee film, but no Spike Lee Joint. Still, he's delivered a pacy, vigorous and frequently masterful take on a well-worn genre. Thanks to some slick lens work and a cast on cracking form, Lee proves (perhaps above all to himself?) that playing it straight is not always a bad thing."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/review.asp?DVDID=117338 |title=Empire's Inside Man Movie Review |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |publisher=[[Bauer Media Group|Bauer Consumer Media]] |access-date=January 21, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617111841/http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/review.asp?DVDID=117338 |archive-date=June 17, 2013 }}</ref>

On May 2, 2007, the 50th [[San Francisco International Film Festival]] honored Spike Lee with the [[San Francisco Film Society]]'s Directing Award. In 2008, he received the Wexner Prize.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wexarts.org/about/wexner_prize/spikelee/ |title="Spike Lee to Receive the Wexner Prize"; Wexner Center for the Arts |publisher=Wexarts.org |access-date=June 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614222728/https://www.wexarts.org/about/wexner_prize/spikelee/ |archive-date=June 14, 2011}}</ref> The same year, Lee directed the [[World War II]] drama ''[[Miracle at St. Anna]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lee blasts Hollywood war mythology as Miracle at St. Anna debuts|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/lee-blasts-hollywood-war-mythology-as-miracle-at-st-anna-debuts-1.764188|date=September 7, 2008|work=CBC News|accessdate=February 10, 2025}}</ref>