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She Hate Me
2004
Well-known for his ability to combine political and social issues with a poignant story, Spike Lee writes, directs, and produces SHE HATE ME. John Henry Jack Armstrong (Anthony Mackie), an executive at a pharmaceutical company, blows the whistle on the company's CEO over an ethics issue, and is fired. Though he's out of work .. Read more
| Starring | Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin, Monica Bellucci |
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| Director | Spike Lee |
| Genres | Comedy |
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She Hate Me
Well-known for his ability to combine political and social issues with a poignant story, Spike Lee writes, directs, and produces SHE HATE ME. John Henry Jack Armstrong (Anthony Mackie), an executive at a pharmaceutical company, blows the whistle on the company's CEO over an ethics issue, and is fired. Though he's out of work and has suffered a serious blow to his business reputation, his ex-girlfriend Fatima (Kerry Washington) enlists his help on a babymaking mission. She wants to get pregnant and so does her lesbian girlfriend Alex (Dania Ramirez). In fact, so do plenty of other lesbians, who Fatima invites into Jack's bedroom in droves, resulting in some very funny sex scenes. With a $10,000 price tag per dose of Jack's 'man milk'--cheaper than adoption and less mysterious than artificial insemination--Jack is making a bundle and keeping the lesbian mothers-to-be happy. However, his actions do catch up to him, and in a final court hearing about his corporate situation, his second job also becomes a major detractor from his credibility. Lee uses a smooth jazz score, scenic New York and Brooklyn photography, and a many of his favorite actors--John Turturro, Ossie Davis, Q-Tip--to make this thought-provoking and often surprising film work like a charm.
| Starring | Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin, Monica Bellucci, Brian Dennehy, Woody Harrelson |
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| Director | Spike Lee |
| Studio | COLUMBIA TRI-STAR HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 13 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | Hindi |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | English, Hindi |
| Released | DVD: 28 Feb 2005 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
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Watching this messy comedy drama, you may well wonder if director Spike Lee has totally lost the plot. Not only is this film audaciously offbeat, but it's also excruciatingly clichéd and so unconventionally constructed that it plays like a handful of genre movies all competing for supremacy. Jaws will certainly drop, as suave Anthony Mackie goes into unofficial business by impregnating rich lesbians — including Monica Bellucci's Mob princess — after being sacked as a whistle-blower from a corporation pushing a defective Aids vaccine. Following the internalised emotion of 25th Hour, Lee is back on his socio-political hobby horse, attacking corporate culture, greed and preconceptions about black men. Unfortunately, the feature's increasing ludicrousness and his insistence on pandering to crude male fantasies ultimately undermine any serious messages. Still, there are some very funny moments, not least John Turturro as a Godfather-quoting Mafia don. Consequently, the overall effect is like a car crash — a tragic waste, yet impossibly riveting.
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A curious mix of corporate skullduggery and sexual politics that, whatever its intentions, has little point or purpose.
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7 out of 9 people found this review helpful
If Spike Lee thought that he'd add lesbians as another 'minority' to speak of, he couldn't have done a worse job of it! This film is downight insulting. While I can agree that a lesbian can be of any race, colour, shape and form, Spike's lesbians are just ridiculous! The initial scene where his main character is sitting down with his ex and a bunch of supposed lesbians (Spike trying to show a spectrum here *sarcastic tone* - a black woman, a Dominican one, an Asian one, an American one,etc...)is, I think, meant to be funny, but it is more cringe-worthy than an evening with Celebrity Love Island! This movie is shockingly AWFUL! Ellen Barkin clearly only read her scenes as I cannot imagine why she could have attached herself to such a bismal project. SHAME ON YOU SPIKE!
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
What rubbish
Very poor. No redeeming features, cleaning your shoes with a toothbrush would be a more worthwhile use of time.
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She Hate Me
- 24 Sep 2004
Spike Lee's latest offering opened in UK cinemas this week and is set to battle it out with the likes of Hero and Wimbledon over the weekend. She Hate Me tells the story of a down on his luck New Yorker who lets his lesbian girlfriend pimp him out as a sperm donor. Despite some mixed reviews, Lee's movies are always popular with seasoned moviegoers. Hero, starring Jet Li, will also be in the running for a share of this weekend's cinema traffic. The visually spectacular movie, backed by Quentin... Read more
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