Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

hyped garbage

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

I was talking to a friend not long before I saw 'Girl 6' about how interesting it would be to see a documentary about the women who take a job doing phone sex. Then I heard that Spike Lee was directing a film about that very subject – even better. Having seen Lee's film, I'm still waiting for that documentary.Spike Lee's 'Girl 6' is an overstuffed movie about a woman who takes such a profession but uses it as a clothesline on which to hang a lot of unnecessary and puzzling subplots. This is a case where less would have been more.Teresa Randel stars as a desperate actress wading through a series of sexist males who won't give her a job unless she is willing to work topless. In need of an income she takes a job working for a phone sex operation. Surprisingly, she's very good at it (we know this because she draws crowd of co-workers on her first call). I was puzzled by this scene because an opening scene showed a director at an audition demanding to see her topless and she seemed humiliated – now she is having phone sex and seemingly enjoying every minute of it.The problem with 'Girl 6' is it's point of view. We are suppose to sympathize with Randel but Lee sees her from the view of the salivating males who call her. Worse still Lee has her becoming addicted to the job. The lowest point is when agrees to meet with one of her callers who eventually stands her up! There are a lot of unnecessary fantasy sequences in which we see Randel in everything from Foxy Brown to The Jefferson but I couldn't figure out what they had to do with anything. There is a subplot involving her ex-husband (Isaiah Washington) who is still in love with her. There is the good-hearted neighbor played by Lee himself.All of this stuff in unnecessary and should have been trimmed to make for a much simpler movie. 'Girl 6' reminded me of Lee's 1991 film 'Jungle Fever' in which he takes a very basic idea (an interracial relationship) and packs it so full of distractions that it collapses under it's own weight. Here we have pieces and chunks of several movies packed together into one sexist, chaotic mess.

Phone sex has often fallen short of my high expectations in carnal satisfaction because they lack the lustful passion that drives the performance given by the goddess Girl 6 in the Spike Lee joint "GIRL 6". If there ever was a fantasy woman of lust I believe Spike Lee found her in the gorgeous lust temptress Miss Theresa Randle.This film, ignited by Miss Randle lustful performance, showed the world how much power these true temptresses can have over their clients when they are gifted with the steamy ability of Girl 6. Her power is so great that it would almost seduce her very own soul. Nevertheless,I would give my soul, let alone the $4.99 a minute fee, so that girl 6 gives me the ultimate sexual fantasy that enthralls my every being.Overall, Girl 6 is the definitive number every red blooded American male should be dialing because the sensation can only be defined as....MMMMMM, YES, OH GOD, YESSSS!!!!! THANK YOU MISS RANDLE, CAN I HAVE SOME MORE please!!

I am a huge Spike Lee fan and like any huge fan I enjoy everything he makes. Watching Spike Lee movies all these years I know what to expect going into a Spike Lee movie. Incredible dialog, incredible acting, messages or even incredible film scores (courtesy of Terence Blanchard). Spike Lee's 1996 effort Girl 6 however is a tough cookie. Upon seeing it for the first time, I was confused. There were a lot of elements in this film that I hadn't seen in any of Spike's films before. The cameos and the attempt to make this a straight forward comedy was some of the things I had never seen Spike do. But I had confidence in him and knew that he'd make this film watchable. Over the years I had been on the fence about this film and couldn't really figured out what I liked about this film. Was it the fact that it was a Spike Lee joint? Was it the incredible Prince soundtrack? So I decided to sit down and analyze the DVD of the film. We meet an actress (Theresa Randle) in the middle of an audition being conducted by Quentin Tarantino. We witness her walking out on the part because of demands and we also see her being dropped by her agent and kicked out of her acting class. Down on her luck, she looks in the classifieds and find phone sex companies looking for new ladies. She takes the job and we see Girl 6 blossom before our eyes. She has her highs and lows in the business but remains an aspiring actress at heart. Complete with fantasy scenes, Prince music, cameos and Spikes trademark shots Girl 6 was an OK comedy at best. Scenes made me cringe (see the Jeffersons/Good Times fantasy sequence), some made me laugh and the ending left me disappointed. I had now come to see what everyone disliked about the movie. But it wasn't as bad as everyone made it seem. Sure its a Spike Lee joint but don't expect it to be on the level of Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X or Bamboozled. Spike lapsed on this one but it still has its moments. 8 years after Girl 6, Spike would suffer the same fate in 2004's She Hate Me. Maybe comedy isn't his thing but Girl 6 (also see his child friendly 1994 film Crooklyn) separated him from the angry and controversial persona that the press made him out to be. Girl 6 is a mixed bag but it is watchable. I honestly can't say that I wouldn't sit down and watch the whole thing again.Girl 6 - **1/2 out of ****

A good performance by Theresa Randle carries the movie. Theresa is believable and charismatic in the lead role (not to mention good-looking n]).There are a number of nice touches and funny bits. The way Theresa is gradually drawn into the phone-play and begins to half-believe the fantasy is well done. Halle Berry does a good cameo and the practice session where Naomi Campbell firmly puts down a sleazeball caller is hilarious.Enjoyed the music too. Prince wrote some of the songs and in particular there is a really nice blues vocal in the scene where Girl 6 waits to meet 'Bob Regular'.Complaint: I wish Spike Lee would stay out of his own movies - he can't act. His flat, emotionless performance spoils the credibility of his supposed friendship with the Theresa Randle character.