LUV (2013)
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36% of critics liked it
(36 reviews) -
64% of users liked it
(1,295 ratings)
An 11-year-old boy gets a crash course in what it means to be a man when he spends a day with the uncle he idolizes in LUV, a poignant and gritty coming-of-age story featuring standout performances by Common, Danny Glover, Dennis Haysbert, Charles S. Dutton and newcomer Michael Rainey Jr. (c)… More An 11-year-old boy gets a crash course in what it means to be a man when he spends a day with the uncle he idolizes in LUV, a poignant and gritty coming-of-age story featuring standout performances by Common, Danny Glover, Dennis Haysbert, Charles S. Dutton and newcomer Michael Rainey Jr. (c) Indomina
- Directed By
- Sheldon Candis
- Written By
- Sheldon Candis
- Genres
- Drama
- In Theaters
- Jan 18, 2013 Limited
- Studio
- Indomina Media Inc.
Critic Reviews
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Tom Long, Detroit News
Director-co-writer Sheldon Candis stretches a lot of the time, a romantic story seems to have been cut drastically, and the film's climax is far too typical.
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Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post
Even the boarded-up row houses look romantic.
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Stephanie Merry, Washington Post
A sometimes taut and occasionally preposterous day in the life of an 11-year-old accompanying his uncle on business in Baltimore.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
What begins as a promising peek into the tragic cycle of waylaid promise that's crippling broken inner-city families is itself dispiritingly pulled sideways in the Baltimore-set indie "LUV."
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Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Both for good and for ill, "LUV" has a film-school feeling about it, and channels a legacy of fatalistic American crime cinema that includes "Mean Streets" and "Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
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Cast
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Common
as Uncle Vincent, Vincent
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Michael Rainey Jr.
as Woody, Woody Watson
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Dennis Haysbert
as Mr. Fish
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Danny Glover
as Arthur
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Charles S. Dutton
as Cofield
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Lonette McKee
as Grandma Beanie
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Meagan Good
as Beverly Freeman
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Michael Kenneth Williams
as Detective Holloway
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Tracey N. Heggins
as Leslie
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Grover Coulson
as Cosmo
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Joseph 'Joey Boy' Soremekun
as Kink
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Clark Johnson
as Harold Barnes
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Malcolm Berman
as Walt Bernstein
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Robin Frisby
as Receptionist
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Cyrus Jones
as Dunbar Head Coach
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Michael Finley
as Dunbar Assistant Coach
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Brandon Jennings
as BJ
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Haywood Armstrong
as Ul' Baby
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Sean Banks
as Rudy Bond
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Russell Hornsby
as Detective Pratt
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Marz Lovejoy
as Angel
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Sammi Rotisi
as Jamison
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Marc John Jefferies
as Newt
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J. Leon II Pridgen
as Metro Cop
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Thaddeus Street
as Watchman
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Kharijones
as Kid
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Anwan Glover
as Enoch Boykins
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Chris Clanton
as Flashlight Guy
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Datari Turner
as Gerald
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Tyrone Moore
as Security Guard #1
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Marc Alston
as Security Guard #2
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Michael K. Williams
as Michael K. Williams
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Sammi Rotibi
as Jamison




