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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   1,082 votes
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Director:
Theodore Witcher
Writer (WGA):
Theodore Witcher (written by)
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Release Date:
14 March 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
Get Together. Fall Apart. Start Over.
Plot:
Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
'I Knocked Dylan On His Butt'
 (From New York Post. 1 August 2008, 9:38 PM, PDT)

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The Ultimate Date Movie, with real insights on "The Big L" more (25 total)

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Additional Details

Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
SDDS
Certification:
Iceland:12 | USA:R (certificate #34599) | Australia:M | Spain:13 | UK:15 | Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: Nina's hair changes when talking to Darius after their first date. more
Quotes:
Nina Mosley: I gather up each sound you left behind and stretch them on our bed. Each night I breathe you and become high more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008) more
Soundtrack:
If I Could more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
The Ultimate Date Movie, with real insights on "The Big L", 26 August 1999
9/10
Author: Kathy-45 from Arcadia, California

It's a shame this movie didn't get more play in theatres. It's a rich, textured love story with believable, all-too-human characters, who are too busy gaming and protecting their hearts to recognize The Real Thing when they experience it. One of the most pleasurable aspects of this movie is its setting in Chicago, among hip, artistic, literate, middle-class African-Americans who discuss poetry, music and literature. Another is his Royal Fineness, Larenz Tate -- and if you are even half a fan of his, you NEED to see this film! His boyish cockiness and vulnerability are perfect for the role of Darius. Nia Long also shines as Nina, who longs to tell Darius she loves him but is afraid the break "the Rules." A great movie to watch curled up on the couch with your sweetie!

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