She's Gotta Have It

1986
R
1h 24m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

17K

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Spike Lee, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Tracy Camilla Johns, and John Canada Terrell in She's Gotta Have It (1986)

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Parody Romantic Comedy Comedy Romance

Story of a woman and her three lovers.Story of a woman and her three lovers.Story of a woman and her three lovers.

Director
- Spike Lee
Writers
- Spike Lee
- Zora Neale Hurston
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

17K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Spike Lee
Writers
- Spike Lee
- Zora Neale Hurston
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 2 nominations

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Spike Lee: Four Decades of 'Wake Up!'

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Spike Lee: Four Decades of 'Wake Up!'

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Tracy Camilla Johns

Nola Darling

Tommy Redmond Hicks

Jamie Overstreet
(as Redmond Hicks)

John Canada Terrell

Greer Childs
(as John Terrell)

Spike Lee

Mars Blackmon

Raye Dowell

Opal Gilstrap

Joie Lee

Clorinda Bradford

S. Epatha Merkerson

Doctor Jamison
(as Epatha Merkerson)

Bill Lee

Sonny Darling

Cheryl Burr

Aaron Dugger

Noble

Stephanie Covington

Keva

Renata Cobbs

Shawn

Cheryl D. Singleton

Toby
(as Cheryl Singleton)

Monty Ross

Dog #1

Lewis Jordan

Dog #2

Erik Dellums

Dog #3

Reginald Hudlin

Dog #4
(as Reggie Hudlin)

Eric Payne

Dog #5

Director
- Spike Lee
Writers
- Spike Lee
- Zora Neale Hurston
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Whenever the cast broke for a meal, Spike Lee would tell them not to throw away any aluminum soda cans so he could turn them in for recycling money.

Quotes
Nola Darling: It's really about control, my body, my mind. Who was going to own it? Them? Or me? I'm not a one-man woman. Bottom line.

Crazy credits
"This film contains no jerri curls!!! And no drugs!!!"

Alternate versions
The Director's Cut of the film on the Criterion Collection Laser Disc, features 4 minutes of additional footage.

Connections
Edited into She's Gotta Have It: Nola (1986)

Soundtracks
Nola
Words and Music by Bill Lee
Performed by Ronnie Dyson
Courtesy of New Version Music

Thoroughly enjoyable 90 minutes in the quirky company of Spike Lee and his cast of weirdos. The male characters (Nora's three lovers) are all inadequate in their way, so it is hardly surprising that Nora needs several such men to satisfy her.

If men behave the way Nora behaves, it is seen as a sign of virility, whereas Nora is more or less sent to the shrink because her behaviour is so out of line.

But this is mostly comedy so you can put aside the "is it feminist, is it misogynist?" stuff and enjoy it for what it is - an unusually good low budget movie.