She's Gotta Have It (2017)

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 23, 2017
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
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Critic Reviews

  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Sonia Saraiya
    Nov 16, 2017
    60
    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.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Lorraine Ali
    Nov 27, 2017
    50
    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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#56 Best TV Season of 2017
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#69 Most Shared TV Season of 2017

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User Score
4.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 55 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 55
  3. Negative: 23 out of 55
  1. Jzathejenius
    Nov 28, 2017
    3
    Pretty awful show. We are supposed to root for some 'free spirited artist' who bangs three different guys at once? The protagonist is vapid,Pretty awful show. We are supposed to root for some 'free spirited artist' who bangs three different guys at once? The protagonist is vapid, pretentious and a narcissist. The three different guys? Just cartoonish caricatures. Its shot well and has some nice musical cuts throughout, but that's the only positives I can give it. Not worth your time folks.… Full Review »
  2. BillJustBill
    Nov 26, 2017
    0
    Basically I found it unwatchable. So she's gotta have it . . . and that's it. Actually in the situation the show depected, she rather likes itBasically I found it unwatchable. So she's gotta have it . . . and that's it. Actually in the situation the show depected, she rather likes it and has a couple different incredibly hunky guys she likes to get it from . . . and that's the show.
    That's all? Unfortunately, as long as I watched it, yes, that was it. She had conversations with her girlfriends, of course, in the hackneyed drinkery, and she had conversations with the goofy delivery guy, sort of Spike Lee's character, but that was pretty much it. She's gotta get it and have it. And that's the show? Yes, unfortunately that's the show. Will it find favor with the Black audience sufficient to justify the production costs, etc.? This I do not know, and at this stage it probably remains to be seen. So Spike Lee had to have it and I guess Netflix did as well. And now they've got it. Personally, I've had it.    … Full Review »
  3. SuperMax156
    Nov 27, 2017
    0
    The original movie was absolute rubbish, so the bar was set pretty low going into this, but even my low expectations proved impossible toThe original movie was absolute rubbish, so the bar was set pretty low going into this, but even my low expectations proved impossible to reach. Spike Lee is a useless director and he seems to owe his entire career to white critics who are wracked with guilt and feel unable to criticize him.… Full Review »
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