History Film / SheHateMe

%%* AManIsAlwaysEager

* PlayingGertrude: Creator/JohnTurturro and Creator/MonicaBellucci play father and daughter. He is just seven years older than her.

* TakeThat:
** What many RealLife lesbians took the whole film as.
** Creator/RogerEbert took an alternative interpretation and saw the entire film as a TakeThat to every PlotDevice used in the film. Or, as he admitted, he ''hoped'' it was and not that all the preposterous plot elements were supposed to be played straight.

* {{Polyamory}}: [[spoiler:How the above LoveTriangle gets resolved at the end of the film, as Jack, Fatima and Alex end up in a relationship.]]

* MsFanservice: Kerry Washington has a lengthy scene in sexy lingerie before her character Fatima has sex with Jack.

* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Milked for all its worth to mixed results from the audience. Two fairly explicit scenes with Fatima having sex (once her and Alex, her girlfriend, previously another women) are shown. Some Italian-American mob guys also discuss this, claiming disgust toward lesbian sex but are also into viewing it in porn.

* AllLesbiansWantKids: Enforced beyond description.
* AManIsAlwaysEager
* ButchLesbian: One batch of Armstrong's customers consists of these.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Milked for all its worth to mixed results from the audience.
* LipstickLesbian: Fatima, Alex and most of the others are this.
* LoveTriangle: A growing one between Armstrong, Fatima, and Alex; despite what the title would have us believe, it's actually more of a subplot than the actual story.

* {{Polyamory}}: [[spoiler:How the above LoveTriangle gets resolved at the end of the film.]]
* TakeThat: What many RealLife lesbians took the whole film as.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Deconstructed. Armstrong is still bitter over Fatima breaking up with him years earlier, while Alex later fears that Fatima will eventually leave her to get back together with him. If things weren't complicated enough, Armstrong starts developing feelings of attraction toward Alex, who is strictly [[StrawFeminist misandric]] from the start. [[spoiler:It all gets resolved with the three of them forming a poly-amorous relationship and Alex finally (if somewhat reluctantly) returning Armstrong's romantic feelings.]]

John Henry "Jack" Armstrong (Creator/AnthonyMackie) is a Harvard graduate and a financially successful, upwardly mobile executive at a biotechnology firm. After a colleague commits suicide, Armstrong uncovers corrupt business practices and attempts to blow the whistle. He's promptly fired on false grounds of security fraud, and his assets are frozen. Things are looking bleak, when all of a sudden his ex-fiancée Fatima Goodrich (Creator/KerryWashington), who came out as a lesbian and broke up with him four years ago, turns up at his door. She and her girlfriend Alex Guerrero (Dania Ramirez) offer him a proposition: they want babies, and they're willing to offer him $10,000 dollars to impregnate them both. After he reluctantly ([[AManIsAlwaysEager oh, come on]]) agrees, Fatima brings him friends of hers, all of whom likewise want kids and are willing to pay him $10,000 to impregnate them. He acts as though it's hell (give us a break...). Meanwhile, he pushes for his whisteblowing to be taken seriously.

* TakeThat: What many RealLife lesbians took the whole film as.
** Creator/RogerEbert took an alternative interpretation and saw the entire film as a TakeThat to every PlotDevice used in the film. Or, as he admitted, he ''hoped'' it was and not that all the preposterous plot elements were supposed to be played straight.

John Henry "Jack" Armstrong (Creator/AnthonyMackie) is a Harvard graduate and a financially successful, upwardly mobile executive at a biotechnology firm. After a colleague commits suicide, Armstrong uncovers corrupt business practices and attempts to blow the whistle. He's promptly fired on false grounds of security fraud, and his assets are frozen. Things are looking bleak, when all of a sudden his ex-fiancée Fatima Goodrich (Creator/KerryWashington), who came out as a lesbian and broke up with him four years ago, turns up at his door. She and her girlfriend Alex Guerrero (Dania Ramirez) offer him a proposition; they want babies, and they're willing to offer him $10,000 dollars to impregnate them both. After he reluctantly ([[AManIsAlwaysEager oh come on]]) agrees, Fatima brings him friends of hers, all of whom likewise want kids and are willing to pay him $10,000 to impregnate them. He acts as though it's hell (give us a break...) Meanwhile, he pushes for his whisteblowing to be taken seriously.

* {{Polyamory}}: [[spoiler: How the above LoveTriangle gets resolved at the end of the film.]]

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Deconstructed. Armstrong is still bitter over Fatima breaking up with him years earlier while Alex later fears that Fatima will eventually leave her to get back together with him. If things weren't complicated enough, Armstrong starts developing feelings of attraction toward Alex, who is strictly [[StrawFeminist misandric]] from the start. [[spoiler: It all gets resolved with the three of them forming a poly-amorous relationship and Alex finally (if somewhat reluctantly) returning Armstrong's romantic feelings]].
* TakeThat: What many RealLife lesbians took the whole film as.
** Creator/RogerEbert took an alternative interpretation and saw the entire film as a TakeThat to every plot device used in the film. Or, as he admitted, he ''hoped'' it was and not that all the preposterous plot elements were supposed to be played straight.

John Henry "Jack" Armstrong (Creator/AnthonyMackie) is a Harvard graduate and a financially successful, upwardly mobile executive at a biotechnology firm. After a colleague commits suicide, Armstrong uncovers corrupt business practices and attempts to blow the whistle. He's promptly fired on false grounds of security fraud, and his assets are frozen. Things are looking bleak, when all of a sudden his ex-fiancée Fatima Goodrich (Creator/KerryWashington), who came out as a lesbian and broke up with him 4fouryears ago, turns up at his door. She and her girlfriend Alex Guerrero (Dania Ramirez) offer him a proposition; they want babies, and they're willing to offer him $10,000 dollars to impregnate them both. After he reluctantly ([[AManIsAlwaysEager oh come on]]) agrees, Fatima brings him friends of hers, all of whom likewise want kids and are willing to pay him $10,000 to impregnate them. He acts as though it's hell (give us a break...) Meanwhile, he pushes for his whisteblowing to be taken seriously.

John Henry "Jack" Armstrong (Creator/AnthonyMackie) is a Harvard graduate and a financially successful, upwardly mobile executive at a biotechnology firm. After a colleague commits suicide, Armstrong uncovers corrupt business practices and attempts to blow the whistle. He's promptly fired on false grounds of security fraud, and his assets are frozen. Things are looking bleak, when all of a sudden his ex-fiancée Fatima Goodrich (Kerry Washington), who came out as a lesbian and broke up with him 4 years ago, turns up at his door. She and her girlfriend Alex Guerrero (Dania Ramirez) offer him a proposition; they want babies, and they're willing to offer him $10,000 dollars to impregnate them both. After he reluctantly ([[AManIsAlwaysEager oh come on]]) agrees, Fatima brings him friends of hers, all of whom likewise want kids and are willing to pay him $10,000 to impregnate them. He acts as though it's hell (give us a break...) Meanwhile, he pushes for his whisteblowing to be taken seriously.

->''"When I think of Enron, I don't think of Ellen."''

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[[caption-width-right:304:AllLesbiansWantKids: The Movie.]]

''She Hate Me'' is a 2004 comedy-drama film directed by Creator/SpikeLee. John Henry "Jack" Armstrong (Creator/AnthonyMackie) is a Harvard graduate and a financially successful, upwardly mobile executive at a biotechnology firm. After a colleague commits suicide, Armstrong uncovers corrupt business practices and attempts to blow the whistle. He's promptly fired on false grounds of security fraud, and his assets are frozen. Things are looking bleak, when all of a sudden his ex-fiancée Fatima Goodrich (Kerry Washington), who came out as a lesbian and broke up with him 4 years ago, turns up at his door. She and her girlfriend Alex Guerrero (Dania Ramirez) offer him a proposition; they want babies, and they're willing to offer him $10,000 dollars to impregnate them both. After he reluctantly ([[AManIsAlwaysEager oh come on]]) agrees, Fatima brings him friends of hers, all of whom likewise want kids and are willing to pay him $10,000 to impregnate them. He acts as though it's hell (give us a break...) Meanwhile, he pushes for his whisteblowing to be taken seriously.

* LoveTriangle: A growing one between Armstrong, Fatima, and Alex; despite what the otherwise MeaningfulTitle would have us believe, it's actually more of a subplot than the actual story.

AllLesbiansWantKids, the movie.

'''''She Hate Me''''' is a 2004 comedy-drama film directed by Creator/SpikeLee. John Henry "Jack" Armstrong (Creator/AnthonyMackie) is a Harvard graduate and a financially successful, upwardly mobile executive at a biotechnology firm. After a colleague commits suicide, Armstrong uncovers corrupt business practices and attempts to blow the whistle. He's promptly fired on false grounds of security fraud, and his assets are frozen. Things are looking bleak, when all of a sudden his ex-fiancée Fatima Goodrich (Kerry Washington), who came out as a lesbian and broke up with him 4 years ago, turns up at his door. She and her girlfriend Alex Guerrero (Dania Ramirez) offer him a proposition; they want babies, and they're willing to offer him $10,000 dollars to impregnate them both. After he reluctantly ([[AManIsAlwaysEager oh come on]]) agrees, Fatima brings him friends of hers, all of whom likewise want kids and are willing to pay him $10,000 to impregnate them. He acts as though it's hell (give us a break...) Meanwhile, he pushes for his whisteblowing to be taken seriously.

* TitleDrop: Armstrong reveals that he nicknamed Fatima "SheHateMe" after their breakup.

'''''She Hate Me''''' is a 2004 comedy-drama film directed by Creator/SpikeLee. John Henry "Jack" Armstrong (Anthony Mackie) is a Harvard graduate and a financially successful, upwardly mobile executive at a biotechnology firm. After a colleague commits suicide, Armstrong uncovers corrupt business practices and attempts to blow the whistle. He's promptly fired on false grounds of security fraud, and his assets are frozen. Things are looking bleak, when all of a sudden his ex-fiancée Fatima Goodrich (Kerry Washington), who came out as a lesbian and broke up with him 4 years ago, turns up at his door. She and her girlfriend Alex Guerrero (Dania Ramirez) offer him a proposition; they want babies, and they're willing to offer him $10,000 dollars to impregnate them both. After he reluctantly ([[AManIsAlwaysEager oh come on]]) agrees, Fatima brings him friends of hers, all of whom likewise want kids and are willing to pay him $10,000 to impregnate them. He acts as though it's hell (give us a break...) Meanwhile, he pushes for his whisteblowing to be taken seriously.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Deconstructed. Armstrong is still bitter over Fatima breaking up with him years earlier while Alex later fears that Fatima will eventually leave her to go back with him. If things weren't complicated enough, Armstrong starts developing feelings of attraction toward Alex, who is strictly [[StrawFeminist misandric]] from the start. [[spoiler: It all gets resolved in the end with them forming a poly-amorous relationship and Alex finally returning Armstrong's feelings]].

* LoveTraingle: A growing one between Armstrong, Fatima, and Alex; despite what the title [[NotWhatItSaysOnTheTin would have us believe]], it's actually more of a subplot.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Deconstructed. Armstrong is still bitter over Fatima breaking up with him years earlier while Alex later fears that Fatima will eventually leave her to go back with him. If things weren't complicated enough, Armstrong starts developing feelings of attraction toward Alex, who is strictly misandric from the start. [[spoiler: It all gets resolved in the end with them forming a poly-amorous relationship and Alex finally returning Armstrong's feelings]].

* SexualTension: Armstrong is still bitter over Fatima breaking up with him while Alex later fears that Fatima will eventually leave her to go back with him. If things weren't complicated enough, Armstrong starts developing feelings of attraction toward Alex, who is strictly misandric from the start. [[spoiler: It all gets resolved in the end with them forming a poly-amorous relationship and Alex finally returning Armstrong's feelings]].