Girl 6

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Girl 6

R

1996

1h 47m

Drama

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Trying to make it in the acting world, a young black woman (Theresa Randle) resorts to working as a phone sex operator to pay the bills. Called Girl 6 by her new employer, she finds her work oddly fulfilling and starts getting attached to one caller, Bob (Peter Berg). While dealing with various personal problems -- such as her thief ex-husband (Isaiah Washington) wanting her back -- Girl 6 comes to the dangerous realization that it's easier to live in her fantasy work life than her real life.

Critics Consensus

Girl 6 has a compelling star, a Prince soundtrack, and Spike Lee's vivid style - and, unfortunately, a story that's never as compelling or insightful as it needs to be.

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

09/23/2008

[Randle] holds the film together as best she can with her luminous presence and dignity, but can't supply the lacking subtext, past history and motivation.

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Time Out

06/24/2006

There's something refreshing about the film's reckless proximity to anarchy, the stylishly imaginative cinematography and lusciously exorbitant Prince soundtrack, even if it does ring hollow when Lee tries to get serious on us.

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Eric Henderson

Slant Magazine

03/24/2006

1.5/4

Girl 6, the story of a girl and her stint in the phone sex biz, is a sloppy and problematic film, no diggity.

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

09/01/2022

C

Not one of Lee’s best, but better than most critics claimed. Worth seeing just to catch Spike as George Jefferson.

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Kevin Heard

Call and Post (Cleveland)

03/29/2022

Just when you thought that director Spike Lee was beginning to be predictable with his movie subject matter, he reshuffles the deck and pulls a wild card from his sleeve.

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Jas Keimig

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

01/05/2022

Though featuring classic Lee-missteps-a bloated third act, heavy moralizing around Black women's sexualities-the real lynchpin in Girl 6 is Randle.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Aug 2

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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04/26/2016

Unemployed actress takes on a phone sex job in this amusing but flawed dramedy from Spike Lee.

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02/09/2016

first movie I've seen dealing with then 'new' thang-phone sex

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02/15/2015

I liked this movie a lot. Also just good to see such a diverse cast and so many cameos!

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01/23/2015

Messy and uninteresting despite a fine soundtrack by Prince

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12/11/2014

It's a very average Joint as nothing really happens in the form of true plot points. It's a about an aspiring actress who finds talents in the phone sex business. Problem is nothing really happens besides that? No real big plot ordeals or challenges in the film. It's just a Woman who works as a sex operator and we see very little insight to more in her life.

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Synopsis

Trying to make it in the acting world, a young black woman (Theresa Randle) resorts to working as a phone sex operator to pay the bills. Called Girl 6 by her new employer, she finds her work oddly fulfilling and starts getting attached to one caller, Bob (Peter Berg). While dealing with various personal problems -- such as her thief ex-husband (Isaiah Washington) wanting her back -- Girl 6 comes to the dangerous realization that it's easier to live in her fantasy work life than her real life.

Director: Spike Lee
Producer: Spike Lee
Screenwriter: Suzan-Lori Parks
Production Co: Fox Searchlight, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 25, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.6M
Runtime: 1h 47m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo