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She Hate Me (2004) is a feature film directed by Spike Lee and starring Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, and Ellen Barkin.

The film, as with many of Lee's, touches on comedy, drama, and politics. Unlike many of his previous films, Spike Lee does not have an acting credit in this film.

The film was shot entirely on location in New York City, including each of the city's five boroughs in one way or another. It was nominated for various awards (see below), but did not claim a win in any of the categries in which it was nominated. She Hate Me was released in July of 2004 and went on to gross almost half a million dollars at the box office in limited release.

Plot

The film's story is about a man who becomes a sperm donor in order to make ends meet after he loses his job at a biotechnology firm. Branded a whistleblower, he acquiesces to the desires of a former lover, now a lesbian, to have a child. She and her girlfriend offer him a substantial sum of money to impregnate them both; this leads to him establishing a business in which groups of lesbians come over to his house and pay him to have sex with them. Later, he realises that this arrangement is wrong and immoral because children need to have a father - being raised by lesbian parents is clearly not going to work. So, he initiates a polyamorous relationship with all of the women who became pregnant by him - although how, when and why they all come to abandon their previous sexual preference is not explained.

Taglines

One heterosexual male. 18 lesbians. His fee $10,000... each.

18 women want children. Jack is a white collar whistle-blower in need of a job.

From the director of "She's Gotta Have It" and "25th Hour," a new film about one heterosexual male and 18 lesbians.

Trivia

Spike Lee came up with the title from watching XFL football. A player named Rod Smart gained some notoriety by nicknaming himself He Hate Me.

Raul Midon sang the theme song for the movie, "Adam 'N' Eve 'N' Eve".

This was the last film that Ossie Davis appeared in as he died in February of 2005.

Rapper Kimberly (Lil' Kim
) Jones turned down the role of "Evelyn" in his film. She told Spike Lee that she thought it would affect her image.

George W. Bush appears on the three dollar bill that appears during the opening credits of the film.

Awards & Nominations

BET Comedy Awards
*Outstanding Directing for a Theatrical Film (Spike Lee
)
*Outstanding Writing for a Theatrical Film (Michael Genet & Spike Lee
)

Black Reel Awards
*Best Breakthrough Performance (Anthony Mackie
)
*Best Director (Spike Lee
)
*Best Original Score (Terence Blanchard)
*Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted (Michael Genet) & Spike Lee
)

Category:2004 films Category:Films directed by Spike Lee Category:Independent films

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