Girl 6

R

1996

1 hr. 47 min.

Drama

List

39%

36 Reviews

Tomatometer

36%

5,000+ Ratings

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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.

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

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

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

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

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

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

Messy and uninteresting despite a fine soundtrack by Prince

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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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.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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76% "This movie is gonna be big, bigger then big, huge, the greatest romantic African American film ever made. Directed by me, of course, told by the point of view, of a African American woman."-Director #1 N.Y. "Q.T." (Quentin Tarantino)

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Susan Stark

Detroit News

Rated: 2/4

Oct 18, 2008

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

[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.

Sep 23, 2008

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Time Out

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.

Jun 24, 2006

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

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

Rated: C

Sep 1, 2022

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Kevin Heard

Call and Post (Cleveland)

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.

Mar 29, 2022

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Jas Keimig

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

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

Jan 5, 2022

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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
Executive Producer: Jon Kilik
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
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo