She's Gotta Have It (1986)

Directed by

Spike Lee

Genre

drama film, comedy drama, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

R

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 360 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in Brooklyn juggles relationships with three very different men. She navigates their demands and her own desires while trying to keep her independence.

playfulconfidentupbeatintimatesharp-wittedthoughtfullivelyromantic

What happens

She's Gotta Have It is a 1986 American romantic comedy-drama film written, directed, produced, and edited by Spike Lee in his feature-length directorial debut. It stars Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell, and Lee. The film follows a young woman who is dating three men and explores the feelings this arrangement provokes. Filmed on a low budget of $175,000, it earned positive reviews and grossed $7.1 million, launching Lee's career. Lee won the Award of the Youth at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival, and Best First Feature at the 1987 Independent Spirit Awards. In 2019, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". A streaming television series adaptation, created and directed by Lee, debuted on Netflix in 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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