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ColliderNov 14, 2017
IndieWireNov 13, 2017
Nov 22, 2017
Season 1 Review:
She's Gotta Have It is a sumptuous character portrait, a deep and rewarding study of a black woman in our current era, this time portrayed by the dazzling DeWanda Wise. ... It manages, most importantly, not to feel dated. Its examination of topics including street harassment and gentrification feels vital.
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Nov 20, 2017
Season 1 Review:
The series is awash in bursts of expressionist color, on-screen text, the breaking of the fourth wall, and riffs that allow Lee to revel in the actors' chemistry and in the intuitive power of his own imagination, leading to tones that daringly crash into one another.
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Nov 21, 2017
Nov 21, 2017
Season 1 Review:
One of the virtues of getting to make a TV show out of a movie is the opportunity to expand the world of that movie, to give each character his or her due. In She’s Gotta Have It, Lee does that, giving time not only to Nola but her lovers, her friends, her family, and her neighbors—ultimately giving us a sense not only of a woman but a community in flux.
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Nov 14, 2017
Season 1 Review:
Lee, who hasn't committed to scripted TV this extensively before, gains confidence as he goes. The closing three episodes move the furthest from the movie's storyline and feel the most free and experimental. She's Gotta Have It is already a very good show and maybe a second season could rewrite some rules the way the movie did.
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Nov 27, 2017
Season 1 Review:
The series changes tone and genre so often that it’s hard to keep track of all the different iterations that it passes through as you watch it. ... That’s Spike Lee for you: He does his thing, and you can take it or leave it, and it’s the take-it-or-leave-it attitude that inclines me to take it.
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UPROXXNov 22, 2017
Season 1 Review:
Some of it is well-meaning but didactic and sledgehammer-y, with the episode about words that kids should stop saying feeling at times like the actors stepping out of character to recite position papers. Some of it is so jarring--like the end result of Nola’s friend Shemekka (Chyna Layne) exploring bootleg cosmetic surgery option to further her dancing career--it’s a wonder nobody talked Lee out of it. And a lot of it is utterly stunning in how it combines words and music and pictures to create what feels like a new audiovisual language.
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TV Guide MagazineNov 9, 2017
Season 1 Review:
Even when it gets preachy and repetitious, this is a gorgeous character study. [13-26 Nov 2017, p.17]
Nov 22, 2017
Season 1 Review:
The main reason to watch is Wise, who captures Nola in all her complexity -- defiant, sexy, resistant to labels and vulnerable. The notion of a woman approaching sex so freely is less "freak"-ish than it was in the mid-'80s, but there's still a thrill in seeing a star in the making.
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Nov 16, 2017
Season 1 Review:
The new She’s Gotta Have It is smart, refreshing, and trenchant in some specific ways. Lee, who directs all 10 episodes, is well able to create memorable and even stunning set pieces throughout the season. ... Even with Lee’s directorial skill, there’s something almost mediocre about the reboot; his style has become so iconic--and has been so thoroughly imitated--that his signature style feels less like his muscular vision and instead another attempt to be like Spike Lee.
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Nov 27, 2017
Season 1 Review:
The series is co-created and executive produced by Lee’s spouse, Tonya Lewis Lee, and the majority of the episodes were written by women such as Radha Blank and Lee's sister, Joie Lee, who also plays Nola's mother. Despite their input, Nola feels like a projection from the male perspective rather than a character created and informed by women.
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May 29, 2019
Season 2 Review:
Unconvincing as breezy sitcom or weighty satire, Season 2 of She’s Gotta Have It diverges further from Lee’s romance-centric source material but offers its protagonist little imaginative recourse. Absent the guiding conflict of Nola’s polyamory, the new season of She’s Gotta Have It fills those gaps in her life with troubling misrepresentations of several social issues. ... The resulting mess feels like a chore to watch.
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