Rotten
All the elements of an interesting yarn are implicit here -- save one: a compelling central figure
Variety Staff, Variety
She's Gotta Have It
A seriously sexy comedy.
1986 · 1h 24m · R
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Spike Lee
Overview
The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All three men wanted her to commit solely to them; Nola resists being "owned" by a single partner.
Director and cast
- Spike Lee Director
- Tracy Camilla Johns as Nola Darling
- Tommy Redmond Hicks as Jamie Overstreet
- John Canada Terrell as Greer Childs
- Spike Lee as Mars Blackmon
- Raye Dowell as Opal Gilstrap
- Joie Lee as Clorinda Bradford
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Doctor Jamison
- Bill Lee as Sonny Darling
- Cheryl Burr as Ava
- Aaron Dugger as Noble
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The film probes important and intriguing questions, even if the characters are not explored as thoroughly as they might have been.
D.J.R. Bruckner, New York Times
Fresh
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.
Peter Keough, Chicago Reader
Fresh
This delightful low-budget comedy, with its all black cast and black humour, is 100 per cent Lee.
Time Out
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