Editing 25th Hour (section)

==Reception==
''25th Hour'' received a 80% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 176 reviews, with an average rating of 7.22/10. The consensus calls the film "an intelligent and well-acted film despite the usual Spike Lee excesses."<ref>{{cite web |title=25th Hour (2002) |url= http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/25th_hour |work= [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher= [[Fandango Media]] |access-date=May 30, 2025}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] it has a score of 69/100 based on reviews from 40 critics, indicating “generally favorable reviews”.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.metacritic.com/movie/25th-hour |title=''25th Hour'' (2002) |website= [[Metacritic]] |access-date=November 25, 2015 }}</ref>

Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade B− on scale of A to F.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Cinemascore |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= December 20, 2018 |access-date= April 21, 2019 |df= mdy-all }}</ref>

Five years after the [[September 11 attacks]], [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' wrote: "Released 15 months after Sept. 11, 2001, Spike Lee's ''25th Hour'' is the only great film dealing with the Sept. 11 tragedy... ''25th Hour'' is as much an urban historical document as [[Roberto Rossellini|Rossellini]]'s ''[[Rome, Open City|Open City]],'' filmed in the immediate aftermath of the Nazi occupation of Rome".<ref name="SFGate" />

Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] added the film to his "Great Movies" list on December 16, 2009.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=December 16, 2009 |title=A heightened state of mind in the last hours of freedom |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/25th-hour-2002 |url-status=live |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}}</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 |df=mdy-all }}</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 placed it on their respective lists for best films of the 2000 decade.<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>

In a 2016 [[BBC]] poll of 177 critics from around the world, it was ranked as the 26th greatest film since 2000.<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><ref name="luke">{{cite web|url=
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160822-why-mulholland-drive-is-the-greatest-film-since-2000|title=Why Mulholland Drive is the greatest film since 2000|last=Buckmaster |first=Luke| publisher= BBC.com/Culture| date=22 August 2024|access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>

Monty's monologue, or rant, has made many 'top movie rant' lists.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 1, 2013|first=Adam |last=D’Arpino|title= 15 Greatest Movie Rants |publisher= [[MTV]] |url= http://www.mtv.com/news/2816722/best-movie-rants/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160409043402/http://www.mtv.com/news/2816722/best-movie-rants/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= April 9, 2016 |access-date= April 8, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kemmerle|first=Karen|title=25TH HOUR is Spike Lee's Unheralded Masterpiece|url=https://www.tribecafilm.com/stories/25th-hour-spike-lee-september-11|website=[[Tribeca Festival|Tribeca Film]]|access-date=April 8, 2018|archive-date=March 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326042952/http://tribecafilm.com/stories/25th-hour-spike-lee-september-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>