She's Gotta Have It

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With She's Gotta Have It, Spike Lee delivered his bracing first shot across Hollywood's bow -- and set the template for the groundbreaking act to follow.

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Movie Info

Beautiful Nola Darling (Tracy Camilla Johns) can't decide what kind of man she wants to date, so she decides to date three at the same time. The first is Greer Childs (John Canada Terrell), a rich, handsome narcissist. Then there's Jamie Overstreet (Tommy Redmond Hicks), a stable, overprotective alpha male. Finally, there's Mars Blackmon (Spike Lee), a timid geek with a heart of gold. Unfortunately, while each suitor has his virtues, Darling just can't seem to make up her mind.
  • Rating:
    R
  • Genre:
    romance
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Spike Lee
  • Producer:
    Spike Lee
  • Writer:
    Spike Lee
  • Release Date (Streaming):
  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $5.0M
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks

Cast & Crew

Tracy Camilla Johns
Nola Darling
Tommy Redmond Hicks
Jamie Overstreet
John Canada Terrell
Greer Childs
Spike Lee
Mars Blackmon
Raye Dowell
Opal Gilstrap
Bill Lee
Sonny Darling
Cheryl Burr
Ava
Aaron Dugger
Noble
Spike Lee
Director
Spike Lee
Producer
Spike Lee
Screenwriter
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Critic Reviews for She's Gotta Have It

All Critics (32) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (29) | Rotten (3)

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

    March 17, 2008 | Full Review…

    Variety Staff

    Variety

  • 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.

    January 13, 2008 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

    Eric Henderson

    Slant Magazine

  • This delightful low-budget comedy, with its all black cast and black humour, is 100 per cent Lee.

    February 9, 2006 | Full Review…
    Time Out

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

    May 21, 2003 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    D.J.R. Bruckner

    New York Times

  • Made for less than $30,000, Lee's first feature posed him as a mid-80s rival to Woody Allen, nearly equaling him in the psychological authenticity of his characters and perhaps bettering him in grace and virtuosity and sheer creative glee.

    April 15, 2002 | Full Review…

    Peter Keough

    Chicago Reader

  • She's Gotta Have It is cleverly crafted.

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    Marti Wilson

    Sojourner
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Audience Reviews for She's Gotta Have It

  • Jul 21, 2007
    Spike Lee's debut feature is a racially orientated sex comedy examining attitudes within a love triangle of black suburbanites. Some witty lines but it's a little affected and self-absorbed, and it often feels like an african-american rip off of a Woody Allen film. Not bad though.
    xGary X Super Reviewer
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