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Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin, Monica Bellucci, Jim Brown ... see more see more... , Ossie Davis , Jamel Debbouze , Brian Dennehy , Woody Harrelson , Ling Bai , Lonette McKee , Paula Jai Parker , Q-Tip , Dania Ramirez , John Turturro , Chiwetel Ejiofor , David Bennent , Isiah Whitlock Jr. , Michole Briana White , Sarita Choudhury , Savannah Haske , Joie Lee , Michael Genet , Rick Aiello , Chris Tardio , Gerald Anthony , Laura Jane Goodwin , Keith Jochim , Martin Murphy , Jim Ward , P.J. Brown , Peter Kybart , James McCaffrey , Murphy Guyer , Christopher Wynkoop , Alison Folland , Don Harvey , Wass W. Stevens , Kim Director , Gary Evans , Charles Santy , Paul Albe , Alice Liu , Marion McCorry , T.V. Carpio , Reynaldo Rosales , Aynsley Lemon , Jade Wu , Hal Sherman , Piper Corbett , Rodney "Bear" Jackson , Bradley C. Williams , Carlos Leon , Roslyn Tate , Christine Pepe , Kym Hampton , Pauline Tautu , Angela Forrest , Martha Williams , Aura Grimolyte , Chris Magna , Samrat Chakrabarti , Kandiss Edmundson , Kristina Klebe , Jamilah Rutherford , Peter Michael Marino , Brian Simons , Jeff Hughes , Richard Kelly , Wynne Anders , Kendra Day , Kisha Batista , Sope Phang , Tristan Taormino , Muriel Hurtado Herrera , Albert Zihenni , Sandra Endo , Michael Devine , Patrick Reale , Naja Hill , Shakara Singh , Zakiya Williams , Poorna , Sarah Desage , Neisha Butler , Catherine Wyn Rogers , Natasha Carabello , Connie Freestone , Wynn Hall , Shira Bocar , Tim Miller , Lars Hanson

Directed by Spike Lee, She Hate Me follows John Henry "Jack" Armstrong (Anthony Mackie), who is fired from a posh job in biotechnology after informing the proper authorities of some sketchy business d... read more read more...ealings from within the company. Unemployed and desperate for some quick cash, Jack accepts a strange offer -- his ex-girlfriend Fatima (Kerry Washington) says she will pay him generously if he successfully impregnates her. Once word gets out among the lesbian community, Jack is inundated with requests, and is initially quite happy with his new direction in life. However, things -- as they are wont to do -- get complicated. There's his former employer, who is actively trying to pin the blame for their wrongdoings on his shoulders, for one thing, and it isn't long before the moral implications of his life as a sperm donor come to the forefront. The film co-stars John Turturro, Ellen Barkin, Woody Harrelson, Monica Bellucci, and Q-Tip. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

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R, 2 hr. 18 min.

Directed by: Spike Lee

Release Date: July 28, 2004

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  • DragonEyeMorrison
    May 22, 2010
    DragonEyeMorrison
    Spike Lee is aiming for too many things here, in some is a hit, in others are a miss. The first half builds up around the usual relationships stuff, then the second half forgets about the first and goes into a socio-political-commentary rampage. Also the movie depends on just wa... read morey too many wishifull thinking and "happy coincidences" to work properly and be convincing. If only Spike cut it off the political stuff, his movies would be actually a lot better. John Turturo's character, and all his dialogues and scenes were like if Spike was doing a parody of Do the Right Thing.
  • binky013
    September 1, 2006
    binky013
    Aloha, Spike, what is up with this? No worry, shrimp curry, I've had some dry spells myself.
  • gator681
    October 21, 2005
    gator681
    [font=Century Gothic]In "She Hate Me", John Henry Armstrong(Anthony Mackie) is a 31-year old single vice-president at an up and coming biotech company. He is sad because he is not yet a father. He is even sadder when his friend, Dr. Shiller, jumps out of his 40th floor office t... read moreo his death. A new wonder drug that the company has been promoting as a possible vaccine for AIDS has been denied approval by the FDA. There is a cover-up to prop up the stock price but Armstrong decides to blow the whistle. He is promptly fired, has his assets frozen and is under investigation by the SEC. Armstrong's ex-girlfriend, Fatima(Kerry Washington), who left him for another woman, just happens to pop back into his life with an offer he cannot refuse - father her child, her lover's child and any other lesbians within a 30-mile radius they can find in exchange for $10,000 for every pregnancy. Meanwhile, there is an unprecedented turkey baster shortage...[/font]

    [font=Century Gothic]Spike Lee started off as a provocative young filmmaker with plenty to say on matters of race in America. Early on in his career, he made two great movies - "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X." But the quality of his films have fallen as of late - "Summer of Sam" is an interesting mess; "Bamboozled" is much too heavy handed and could have used a lighter touch and "25th Hour" misses an easy shot to take on the draconian New York Rockefeller drug laws. [/font]

    [font=Century Gothic]"She Hate Me" consists of a whole morass of ideas gone horribly awry:[/font]

    [font=Century Gothic]One of the targets is capitalism but if that is so, then why focus on an executive instead of somebody of more proletarian status. Wouldn't a vice-president have some responsibility for his company's shenanigans?[/font]

    [font=Century Gothic]Hints about personal responsibility abound. The movie certainly disapproves of the whole pregnancy scheme and refers to it as immoral but Armstrong is providing a valuable service for which he is amply compensated. [/font] And the Bible did say,"Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth." Genesis 9:1.

    And then there is the asinine Mafia subplot...

    Also, the sperm were funnier in "Everything You Always You Wanted to Know about Sex..."

    In conclusion, the movie might have worked if it had been simpler, shorter, and much more realistic and down to earth. At the end of the day, I'm not even sure what Spike Lee was trying to say.

    Note: Ossie Davis also appeared in a few episodes of "The L Word" which had a much more credible pregnant lesbian subplot. His roles in "She Hate Me" and "The L Word" were some of his last roles before he died.
  • jimbotender
    May 11, 2010
    jimbotender
    I will forgive thee Spike. Just don't give me a new version of ambitious-anti-yuppie-elements that includes rivers of tedious blockhead performances and wooden outcomes, oh...and judicial soliloquies. There has to be a slight knowledge in what you're trying to satirize dude, that... read more is: corporate misconducts.
  • InaHH
    July 22, 2006
    InaHH
    The second star is for the sexyness and humour of SOME scenes. Nooo, it is for Kerry Washington. Any film with her gets a star just for including her. ;-) Apart from this, I am deeply offended by some of the content (as a queer woman) and miss the subversive, controversial and GO... read moreOD Spike Lee.
  • jes25924
    June 30, 2008
    jes25924
    The worst film Spike Lee has ever made(at least that I've sat through), it was so pretentious at points(I normally never use the word, and I mean it here in the worst way possible), he tried to take on Enron, Bush, Gay relationships, Diabetis, the XF...(read more)L, and the Water... read moregate Scandal, and as always racism, in one film, and he did it all in the worst most childish, ways, not to mention the unbelievable ending in which the guy gets both the girls( I see what he was going for with that, alternative families and all, but it comes out of nowhere and just ends up looking like every mans wet-dream). Include an awful and pointless Watergate flashback, Animated Sperm with heads of the main character entering eggs of whatever female character he just slept with(who also have the female characters face),and you have got one huge piece of unfocused scatterbrain mush, and normally I like or at least don't mind Spike Lee's films("Do The Right Thing" was a masterpiece), this was just awful.
  • jonnydaddy
    March 2, 2008
    jonnydaddy
    I have been on a Spike Lee kick here lately. The main character goes from VP to fathering 19 babies to a group of lesbians. Cant get no better than that.
  • reginadwright
    August 29, 2007
    reginadwright
    Really intense movie. Just goes to show you the hidden world inside corporations and the power they have over you. The lesbians are pretty funny too.
  • jrmcm
    July 21, 2007
    jrmcm
    A respectable premise for a film, and I thought Mackie was really good, but it's too long and draggy in the dramatic scenes.
  • colaladylovesmovies
    June 18, 2007
    colaladylovesmovies
    this movie was just to crazy for words it was interesting never seen a premise like this for a movie

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Joe Baltake
September 3, 2004
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

If you're truly adventurous in your movie-going and fed up with movies that play by the numbers, play it safe and come with audience-fawning reassurances, then She Hate Me just might be the harsh cine... Full Review

Roger Moore
September 3, 2004
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

Succeeds in finding something to offend almost everybody. Full Review

Robert Denerstein
September 3, 2004
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News

A misshapen and sometimes sorry affair that aims for satire, without always being clear about what it's attempting to satirize.

Lisa Kennedy
September 3, 2004
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

[Lee's] most muddled message movie to date. Full Review

Stanley Kauffmann
August 28, 2004
Stanley Kauffmann, New Republic

Lee presumably had two ideas, one an exposé of pharmaceutical greed, the other a sex comedy: then he decided that neither one would make a film in itself and came up with the lame idea of combining them.

Jeff Strickler
August 26, 2004
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Two movies mashed together. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
August 20, 2004
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Spike Lee's She Hate Me is about as awful as a film can be without being the ultimate awful, which is boring. Full Review

Tom Long
August 20, 2004
Tom Long, Detroit News

Scattered, clumsily ambitious, sexist, amateurish and just plain dumb, She Hate Me is a bad film, most likely the worst film Spike Lee has ever made.

Ann Hornaday
August 20, 2004
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

Might qualify as the most misguided, ill-conceived and lamentable film of [Lee's] career. Full Review

Desson Thomson
August 20, 2004
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

Sheer agony to sit through. Full Review

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