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She's Gotta Have It
Directed by
Spike Lee
R
1986
84m
Comedy
,
Romance
6.8
94%
72%
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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.
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Cast of She's Gotta Have It
Tracy Camilla Johns
Nola Darling
Tommy Redmond Hicks
Jamie Overstreet
John Canada Terrell
Greer Childs
Spike Lee
Mars Blackmon / Director / Writer / Producer
Raye Dowell
Opal Gilstrap
Joie Lee
Clorinda Bradford
S. Epatha Merkerson
Doctor Jamison
Bill Lee
Sonny Darling
Cheryl Burr
Ava
Aaron Dugger
Noble
Stephanie Covington
Keva
Renata Cobbs
Shawn
Cheryl D. Singleton
Toby
Monty Ross
Dog 1
Tiziano Cortini
Dog 2
Erik Dellums
Dog 3
Reginald Hudlin
Dog 4
Eric Payne
Dog 5
Gerard Brown
Dog 7
Ernest R. Dickerson
Dog 8
Eric Wilkins
Dog 9
Fab 5 Freddy
Dog 10
Scott Sillers
Dog 11
Geoffrey Garfield
Dog 12
Kathy Banks
Receptionist
Steve Nicks
Soundman
Steve Ning
Soundman
Pamm R. Jackson
Female Walk On
She's Gotta Have It Ratings & Reviews
Tyler S
March 30, 2025
👍👍 8/10
TIME Magazine
Stephanie Zacharek
It stands proud as an early calling card for one of our most provocative, inventive directors.
A Good Movie To Watch
Farah Cheded
Stands overall as a radical, exuberant, and impressively assertive lightning bolt of an entry into the medium that Lee changed forever.
Drink in the Movies
Taylor Baker
Spike's first feature is a suave and toothy flick, served up pseudo-vignette with oodles of style.
Sojourner
Marti Wilson
She's Gotta Have It is cleverly crafted. Its entertainment value is not diminished by its serious notes... Spike Lee and this film will be take seriously.
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Sean Axmaker
Nola is an unapologetic, sexually independent character who refuses to commit to a single man and resists the efforts of the men in her life to change who she is to please them.
Common Sense Media
Andrea Beach
Spike Lee's breakout comedy has lots of nudity and sex.
Nick's Flick Picks
Nick Davis
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.
TV Guide
Combining humor, drama, and documentary techniques, Lee has created an energetic film that takes an unflinching look at modern sexuality -- specifically black sexuality.
Variety
Variety Staff
All the elements of an interesting yarn are implicit here -- save one: a compelling central figure
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)
Josh Larsen
From the start, it was less important whether or not you agreed with Lee than if you appreciated him for stirring things up.
Slant Magazine
Eric Henderson
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.
AALBC.com
Kam Williams
New York Negro neurosis as source material for mirth, amusement and introspection, like a Woody Allen classic, only in blackface.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
An assured debut, which Spike Lee produced, wrote, directed, edited, and acted in, offers him opportunity to show a slice of black urban life in which white characters don't even exist; the title and heroine's name are deliberately B-porn like picture
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
A good first effort that lacks quality acting and overall polish, but compensates with insightful black man's humor.
New York Times
D.J.R. Bruckner
The film probes important and intriguing questions, even if the characters are not explored as thoroughly as they might have been.
Chicago Reader
Peter Keough
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.
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