Love and Basketball

Love and Basketball (2000)

  • 82% of critics liked it
    (87 reviews)

  • 93% of users liked it
    (170,297 ratings)

A young African-American couple navigates the tricky paths of romance and athletics in this drama. Quincy McCall (Omar Epps) and Monica Wright (Sanaa Lathan) grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also… More

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PG-13, 2 hr. 4 min.
Directed By
Gina Prince, Gina Prince-Bythewood
Written By
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Genres
Drama, Romance
In Theaters
Jan 26, 2000 Wide
On DVD
Oct 10, 2000
New Line Cinema

Critic Reviews

  • Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader

    Told largely from the point of view of the woman, this career-versus-love story still develops the perspective of the man persuasively, as Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps reveal their characters' motives with nuances of expression that transcend the dialogue.

  • Emanuel Levy, Variety

    The pic is so well directed and lead performance by Sanaa Lathan so charismatic that audiences will overlook the script's flaws and root for the central duo.

  • Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle

    Satisfying, enjoyable and smart.

  • Peter Rainer, New York Magazine

    Mawkishly heartfelt, but actress Sanaa Lathan performs as if she were lit from within.

  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

    An unusual but engaging mix of the overwrought and the understated, a picture that, at two hours plus, keeps threatening to overstay its welcome and yet always pulls us back into its conversational orbit.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Rachel F


    I loved this movie.

  • Fascade F


    The soul of the game portrayed through the eyes of two life long ambitious contemporaries...This was an extraordinary romance. see this it is a keeper of a chic flick! LOL!

  • Andrew F


    It was okay. I actually liked it. You'll like it whether you like basketball or not.

  • d j


    This is one of my favorite movies! Sanaa Lathan & Omar Epps are excellent actors! This is a movie I could watch again & again. Beautiful story of two people who were meant to be together. So sweet & touching. :-)

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