She's Gotta Have It

Aug 8, 1986

1h 24m

★ 6.6

A seriously sexy comedy.

Overview

The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All three men wanted her to commit solely to them; Nola resists being "owned" by a single partner.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

Island Films

She's Gotta Have It Trailers

Cast

Nola Darling

Tracy Camilla Johns

Jamie Overstreet

Tommy Redmond Hicks

Greer Childs

John Canada Terrell

Mars Blackmon

Spike Lee

Opal Gilstrap

Raye Dowell

Clorinda Bradford

Joie Lee

Doctor Jamison

S. Epatha Merkerson

Sonny Darling

Bill Lee

Ava

Cheryl Burr

Noble

Aaron Dugger

Keva

Stephanie Covington

Shawn

Renata Cobbs

Explosive conversational comedy based on the successful theater plays, which takes place one evening in a remote local pub, during the match of Ice Hockey World Championship. What can happen and can be told, when the kidnapped bride is getting drunk together with the best woman of her husband and experienced barmaid and the only one, who is able to stop and save everything, is not coming.

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3.4

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