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Love and Basketball (New Line Platinum Series)
Average Customer Review : 5.0/5 based on 175 reviews
List Price : $14.98
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Editorial Reviews
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
Spotlight Reviews
Good Movie (2009-01-06)
Customer Review : 4
This is a great movie and I received it shortly after purchasing it. Great response time.
DVD purchase of Love & Basketball (2008-12-24)
Customer Review : 5
Everything was just fine wth my purchase. I was very excited to receive my DVD, and it was in great condition as noted online!
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Love and Basketball (2008-12-05)
Customer Review : 5
I love this movie so much, i've watched it more than a thousand times and i'm still in love with it, it's the best love story ever, Just wonder why Love isn't real in real life, it's only real in movies, So bad :( anyways.......The movie is so nice it just makes you wanna keep believing..Big u p to the Actors, they did a great Job...
ONE OF THE GREATEST LOVE STORIES (2008-10-28)
Customer Review : 5
To me this was a well written story of young love that blossomed into a marriage.
Love & Basketball Is A Classic (2008-09-14)
Customer Review : 5
As a kid this was my absolute favorite movie. Even as an adult it is still among my favorites. I love how we follow the journey of the two teen lovers and watch them evolve. This movie also has an amazing soundtrack which enhances the movie even more. No matter how old I get I will always love 'Love and Basketball'.
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