GIRL 6
A film review by Michael John Legeros
Copyright 1996 Michael John Legeros
(Universal)
Directed by Spike Lee
Written by Suzan-Lori Parks
Cast Theresa Randle, Isaiah Washington, Spike Lee, Jenifer
Lewis, Debi Mazar
MPAA Rating "R" (presumably for language and brief nudity)
Running Time 109 minutes
Reviewed at Carmike 7 Cinemas, Raleigh, NC (28MAR96)
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Spike Lee's new comedy is a disjointed disaster that starts bad and stays there. Theresa Randle (BAD BOYS) plays an aspiring New York actress who takes a phone-sex job as a way to make ends meet. Soon, the job becomes an adventure that, I think, is supposed to go something like this: girl excels at job, girl gets addicted to job, girl goes cold turkey from job, and girl grows from having job. Lee, who continues to beat to a very different drummer, never makes this progression very clear. He's too busy inserting extraneous dream sequences and grainy footage of the various male callers. (One of the few funny bits has Randle imagining herself as blaxploitation heroine Foxy Brown. Shut your mouth!) A steady stream of Prince plays on the soundtrack, while a steady stream of cameos (Quentin, Madonna, Naomi, etc.) play before the camera, and it all adds up to nothing. Forget the Oscars; boycott this movie!
Grade: D+
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Mike Legeros - Raleigh, NC
legeros@nando.net (h) - legeros@unx.sas.com (w)
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