Lee may have a keen sense of setting and dialogue, but his characterization is off.
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01/01/00
Girl 6 (1996)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:11
Rotten:21
Average Rating:4.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Spike Lee's GIRL 6 is a provocative examination of the world of phone sex and its effect on one of its purveyors: beautiful, black, aspiring actress (Theresa Randle) is at the end of her rope after... [More]
Starring: Theresa Randle, Isaiah Washington, Spike Lee, Debi Mazar
Director: Spike Lee
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Reviews for Girl 6
Top CriticLee sculpts every scene precisely in his story of a woman growing out of her 20-something aimlessness.
01/01/00
I can't fault Spike Lee on this one. This is his first film where he did not get a writing credit -- and it shows.
04/09/05
Just a slightly amusing timepasser.
09/11/05
Strongly told stories have a way of carrying their characters along with them. But here we have an undefined character in an aimless story. Too bad.
01/01/00
Top CriticErratic, at times predictable as hell, and at other times unruly and inventive.
01/01/00
Lee's never been too hip to women's perspectives, and in Girl 6, he proves that marriage, maturity and 10 years of filmmaking haven't substantially corrected his blind spot.
06/18/02
Top CriticGirl 6, the story of a girl and her stint in the phone sex biz, is a sloppy and problematic film, no diggity.
03/24/06
The main character is never well-defined, the drama often seems half-hearted, and the comedy repeatedly falls flat.
01/01/00
Slight and superficial, Spike Lee's look at the phone-sex industry through the life of one femme is completely from the outside; even gifted star Theresa Randall can't help this downbeat but shallow yarn, arguably his weakest work to date.
09/18/07
Mr. Lee isn't as successful at shaping a story around Girl 6, but enjoying her company is all his slender, sunny film really tries to do.
01/01/00
Top Critic[Randle] holds the film together as best she can with her luminous presence and dignity, but can't supply the lacking subtext, past history and motivation.
09/23/08
Top CriticInstead of effervescent and mercurial, the movie is simply muddled. What happened?
01/01/00
Top CriticSpike Lee has been erratic at best, misogynist occasionally, but Girl 6 hits a new low.
04/17/02
Lee draws his lines between fantasy and reality without much confidence and with only a sketchy logic.
01/01/00
Top CriticGirl 6 has all the subtle yuks of an Al Sharpton sermon and nearly half the tender honesty of Mike Tyson.
01/01/00
Lee has done the impossible: He's sucked the fun out of call-in sex and replaced it with sanctimonious prattle.
05/12/01
Top CriticWhile Lee is a skillful director, he's also more coldly analytical than emotional, and it is not his style to get us to feel for this woman as much as we should.
02/14/01
Top CriticLee is back to his independent roots, doesn't have an axe to grind and just enjoys playing with the camera and letting the actors, especially Randle, do the right thing.
09/23/08
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