Girl 6
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Movie Reviews of Girl 6
Movie Review: '6' is for sex, fun, laughs, a few tears and a good time
Summary: 5 Stars
'girl 6' is one of the few spike lee films that i appreciate wholly and in parts.
the first part is suzan-lori parks' screenplay. there are times when it feels like a goodly portion of the dialogue is being written as the actors speak the lines. her words are that good. the situation which her heroine finds herself in is one that any performer has dealt with. she somehow manages to plunge the depths of human experience and pull herself up to reconnect with her ambitions to become a working actress without compromise.
the second is theresa randle's performance as girl 6. 6 (or judy) has a lot of issues, a great deal of baggage to carry and randle doesn't hold back in revealing any of 6's complexity. she is vain, she is overly romantic, she is strong and she, as a character, is in great hands with randle. i can always turn to this film and jump in because randle's performance is that finely crafted and inviting. a sad postscript is that this fabulous actress hasn't had much to do since this film was released in 1996.
the third is the supporting cast, filled with many recognizable faces such as isiah washington, jenifer lewis, gretchen mol, naomi campbell, richard belzer, madonna, michael imperioli, debi mazar, debra wilson, quentin tarantino, john turturro and lee himself. many of these actors had worked or continue to work with lee on his joints. the cast is an embarassment of riches and each actor comes through.
the fourth is the soundtrack made up of prince tunes. lee uses the music well and the songs are some of the best prince recorded, especially 'erotic city', 'how come u don't call me...' and 'nothing compares to u'. not to mention the sneak-ins of prince-produced classic like 'nasty girl' and 'screams of passion'.
fifth, and i write this gingerly, is the signature use of subplot. lee uses this device in his films seemingly in an effort to make them longer. they add little or nothing to the general action nor do they move the films forward with ease. 'girl 6' has one of these subplots and it is only at the last third of the film that is seems that it's affecting the film for the worse.
but for the most part, the visuals are stimulating, and at times poetic, the editing and camerawork are dancelike and not too gimmicky and everything works together in a funny, touching whole that sparks some interesting discussion about sex, women and their bodies when they are in the entertainment industry by choice or design.
Movie Review: Talk, Talk
Summary: 5 Stars
Judy has a life in free-fall.
Her ex-husband is light years from being career-orientated, her best friend is a wannabe sports memorabilia dealer and she has just suffered through a "job" interview with a slick-talking movie director who has his eyes on the casting couch more than looking for the next big star. And now her nominal agent is going to be upset that she walked out on this "big break" that he set up all for her.
But all that drama is not helping Judy pay the bills and put food on the table. So she decides to answer an employment ad in a newspaper that promises the opportunity to make great cash through work over the telephone.
And this is where Judy (portrayed by Theresa Randle) becomes Girl 6, the phone sex operator. Directed by Spike Lee - with the screenplay by Suzan-Lori Parks - it is an oftentimes funny, but also quite serious and sometimes disturbing look into a woman who truly becomes a number as she tries to chase her dream of an acting career.
The plot goes full-circle, with Judy learning as much about herself as how the game is played on the fringes of the "entertainment" industry, along with a demoralizing gaze into the anonymity of life and the manipulation by depersonalizing the individual.
It truly is a look into the emptiness of talk, talk.
Movie Review: Loved it!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my favorite Spike Lee movies. Story of an aspiring actress who refuses to do nude scenes, gets 86'd from her acting career, and becomes a telephone sex operator. Great cameos with Madonna, Spike himself, Quentin Taratino, with great music from Prince. Translation to DVD is excellent. Highly recommendedMovie Review: Looking forward to this
Summary: 4 Stars
I knew this was going to happen sometime soon. Recently HBO has been showing Girl 6 a lot more frequently and I noticed that it was a DVD format so I knew Fox was going to release this. I actually like the movie, it has its moments. I love the soundtrack and the fact that it's a Spike Lee joint. I wonder what features will be on the DVD.Movie Review: Engaging but sketchy character study. . .
Summary: 3 Stars
Spike Lee's "Girl 6" is a strange, open-ended comedy-drama that actually amounts to little more than a tantalizing character study. The film's protagonist, Judy (Theresa Randle), is an out-of-work actress from New York who moonlights as an assembly-line phone sex operator. After she's dropped by her agent and acting coach, and humiliated in casting calls (she's repeatedly asked, for example, to disrobe before casting directors), Judy joins a group of "office girls" who anonymously entertain a motley crew of male callers, indulging their fantasies with steamy sex- or psychological talk while remaining thoroughly disengaged. Largely young, attractive (the film features a very young Naomi Campbell) and racially diverse, the ladies are resigned to such work because they can't catch a break elsewhere. At once intriguing and repulsive, this newfound sideline exposes Judy's emotional baggage and sorely tests her self-esteem and fortitude as she longs for a career as a legitimate actress. "Girl 6" is sometimes quite funny, but it's also a none-too-subtle commentary about the (well-known) dearth of meaningful roles and opportunities for Black actors. Likewise, there are plenty of sign-posts about the corrosive side-effects of the sex trade and, finally, sly, careful-what-you-wish-for insinuations about the pitfalls of mainstream success (Judy's idol is Dorothy Dandridge, who in 1955 became the first Black Actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in a leading role ["Carmen Jones"]. Dandridge died at age 42, penniless, heartbroken and virtually forgotten). As Judy, Theresa Randle is a jaw-dropping specimen. Her face is at once breathtakingly innocent, fresh and world weary. She, like the movie itself, leaves us wanting more. "Girl 6" is perfectly watchable, but the overall effect is far too sketchy to be compelling. Spike Lee himself appears as Judy's next-door neighbor and best friend. Also with Isaiah Washington and memorable cameos by the likes of Quentin Tarrantino, Madonna, Ron Silver and Halle Berry (who, coincidentally, later won acclaim for her 1998 portrayal of Dandridge and subsequently went on to claim an Oscar for Best Actress for "Monster's Ball" in 2001). The film's soundtrack--by turns loopy, dissonant, and furtively sexual--is produced by--who else?--Prince.
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