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www.timeout.com - : Lee's first feature focuses around the attempts of Nola Darling (Johns), aware but not ashamed of her reputation as a good-time girl, to sort out the three steady men in her life with a view (maybe) to marriage: the sincere and caring Jamie (Hicks), the self-obsessed model Greer (Terrell), and the outrageous bicycle messenger Mars (Lee). more...
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efilmcritic.com - : Firstly, the acting by all but Lee himself is pretty shoddy, even abysmal. Secondly, the story (a woman chased by three males has to choose which one she wants, if any) is shallow. Thirdly, nothing really happens. At all. Maybe some sex, but little else. more...
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www.sover.net - : Spike Lee is a hoot as the passionate fan describing Celtic star Larry Byrd as the ugliest man in the NBA. He reminds me of an African-American version of Woody Allen. Camilla Johns is likable in the role of the confused woman juggling around the three squabbling men who childishly denigrate each other and holding off the advances of her lesbian friend (Raye Dowell), while she tries to figure out what she wants in life. The movie was better when I saw it upon its release, signaling a breakthrough for small indies and black films. But upon seeing it again at this late date, it has not aged well. more...
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