She's Gotta Have It Reviews

All the elements of an interesting yarn are implicit here -- save one: a compelling central figure

Full Review

Spike Lee's first was good for what it was, a low budget student effort, but as a stand alone film it's lacking in many areas.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

She's Gotta Have It's characters talk into the camera, but they do so in service of a Rashomon-tinged postmortem on how an artistic young woman couldn't make polyamory work in her favor.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

| Original Score: 3/5

| Original Score: 4/5

New York Negro neurosis as source material for mirth, amusement and introspection, like a Woody Allen classic, only in blackface.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

| Original Score: 3/5

Light, scrappy entertainment that flatters everything funky and fresh about Lee, tempting you to forgive what is stunted or abrasive in the film. A major swaying element is his own on-screen persona.

Full Review | Original Score: B

| Original Score: 4/5

A good first effort that lacks quality acting and overall polish, but compensates with insightful black man's humor.

Full Review | Original Score: B-

| Original Score: 4/5

| Original Score: 5/5

| Original Score: 4/5

| Original Score: 3/5

The film probes important and intriguing questions, even if the characters are not explored as thoroughly as they might have been.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

| Original Score: 4/5

| Original Score: 4/5

| Original Score: 3/5

From the start, it was less important whether or not you agreed with Lee than if you appreciated him for stirring things up.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

| Original Score: 3/5