there an old premise that the best storytelling be show and not tell . in term of the late spike lee joint and she hate me and no truer word have ever be uttered . jack armstrong ( anthony mackie ) be a young vice president of a pharmaceutical company on the verge of unveil a vaccine for hiv and pending fda approval . through the nefarious action of greedy senior executive and jack find himself peg a the scapegoat for this drug that ultimately will not be approve and the subsequent tumble in company stock . think enron and worldcom and et al . but spike would not let you think for yourself and a he keep their specific name prominently display throughout the movie with overt and pointed reference . margo ( ellen barkin ) who look eerily like martha stewart only far illustrate this point . in a scenario reminiscent of enemy of the state and jack lose access to all of his finance and be force to consider alternative mean of generate income . after an unexpected visit by his former fiancée he accept her offer to become father of her child her child and her lesbian lover child . $ 10 and 000 for 2 successful impregnation be the deal and jack reluctantly accept . the next thing you know and he have lesbian woman knock at his door daily and five at a time and offer $ 10 and 000 each per impregnation . if you have ever see a spike lee joint and youre aware of the common thread weave into all of his movie . you come to expect certain element and even certain actor . the fact that the support cast include such venerable thespian a ossie davis ( judge buchanon ) and john turturro ( don angelo ) and lonette mckee ( lottie ) and joie lee ( gloria ) and while feature a fabulous soundtrack by terence blanchard should be a surprise to no one . the fact that those actor and combine with monica belucci ( simona ) and brian dennehy ( chairman church ) and woody harrelson ( powell ) do not amount to a great movie should be tremendously surprising and disappointing . from the opening credit and spike lee signature be everywhere . from the rich combination of jazz and orchestral sensibility in the underlying music bed that set the tone and timbre of the movie and you know spike lee be here . from the blatant opening reference and disdain of president george bush while you know the direction this vehicle head and who be at the wheel . accord to lee and the story of she hate me be very simple . it about sex and greed and money and politics . yes and no . it about all of those thing and but it far from be simple . the message to be deliver be loud and clear . unfortunately and this message be one of at least 75 different and varied lesson she hate me would offer to it viewer . even more unfortunately and spike chose oration for each and every amessage in sermonize character dialogue . either spike no longer respect his viewer enough to allow them to figure it out on their own or that verbally bludgeon them with his viewpoint ( all 75 of them ) be now consider a more viable storytelling alternative . the story of she hate me be ostensibly about jack armstrong and his attempt at get out of one sticky situation by enter another . in fact and it not . this movie be more about the relationship and reality of woman in love with one another . this movie be at it best when spike demonstrate that regardless of gender or orientation while insecurity and jealousy be universal . the desire of family and fidelity be also universal and irrespective of familial unit structure . most importantly and the need to be accept unconditionally be a definitive trait in all of u . those arguably be the most important message in this movie and lee be right on the mark . where she hate me specifically missteps be that the story be from the point of view of an unsympathetic character . when jack first start his new business he supposedly need money for the moment to counterbalance his frozen asset and continue financial responsibility . yet 18 woman and 19 child and some $ 180 and 000 later and neither spike lee and co writer michael genet nor character jack himself offer a reason a to why he continue such dangerous and fruitless indiscretion and for so long . the character and relationship most enjoyable in this movie be fleet in nature while component remarkably and conspicuously absent after introduction for most of the film . jack relationship with his father geronimo ( play by jim brown ) be engage . the sight of football hall of famer jim brown play a character fight diabetes and to save his marriage simultaneously be move . the newly evolve relationship of geronimo with his son in the midst of the chaos around him be another meaningful subplot while one of many that lee do not revisit until nearly the end of the movie . a monologue by don angelo ( john turturro ) give u another glimpse of turturro act brilliance . john turturro be a future academy award winner while it just a shame this would not be the role that do it for him . if there be an explanation a to why some sub story and sub plot be not cover as deeply a others it would be the fact that there be so many character and all of which feel compel to tell their life story . in fact and there be just too many people to keep up with and too many to care about in the end . it like juggle fiery bowling pin and where too much concentration on one lead to really bad consequence . visually and she hate me pays homage to film of the 1970 and with it simplistic camera angle devoid of light trick or steady cam . the knowing use of vary hue and blur frame be quite appeal stylistically and even cool . this and combine with great musical cue feature tenor saxophone melody be a nice tip of the fedora to the film noir genre . she hate me be raw and gritty in it imagery and remarkable in it musicality and at time sensual in it delivery but ultimately not a good movie .