Love & Basketball

Love & Basketball Soundtrack

Gina Prince-Bythewood, a former college athlete, puts a spin on this one-on-one tale of Love and Basketball. Sanaa Lathan (The Best Man) is the fiercely driven, hot-tempered Monica, a tomboy who gives her all for basketball. Omar Epps (The Mod Squad) is Quincy, an NBA player's son who has pro dreams of his own. Next-door neighbors since first grade, they start as rivals (she flabbergasts the boy by outplaying him in a game of driveway pickup) and age into best friends and lovers. The romantic complications follow a familiar game plan, but the film throws a fascinating spotlight onto the contrast between men's and women's basketball. While Quincy plays college ball on huge courts to cheering, sold-out crowds, we see Monica's sweat, tears, and sheer physical dedication in front of tiny audiences in small gyms and second-rate auditoriums. The story is pointedly set in the late 1980s, years before the establishment of the WNBA, so Monica's prospects for pro ball lie exclusively in Europe, while Quincy steps into the pros at home. It's a pleasure to see a character as passionate and fully developed as Monica, and Lathan gives a fiery portrayal (she had never played ball before the film, but you'd never tell from her performance). Prince-Bythewood favors her struggle over Quincy's and opens our eyes to her unique challenges with a sharp, savvy contrast. Alfre Woodard costars as Monica's harping mom (always trying to get her to be more ladylike) and Dennis Haysbert is Quincy's philandering father. Hoops fan Spike Lee produced. --Sean Axmaker

Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Stars: Glenndon Chatman, Jess Willard, Chris Warren, Kyla Pratt
Production: New Line Cinema
  12 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
PG-13
Year:
2000
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27,479 Views
#SongDuration
1I'll Go4:01
2It Takes Two5:01
3Dance Tonight3:50
4Complete Beloved4:19
5I Like4:48
6Lyte As A Rock3:32
7Holding Back The Years6:37
8Love And Happiness5:01
9Soul Sista4:20
10Sweet Thing3:16
11I Want To Be Your Man4:09
12Fool Of Me3:30

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