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Love & Basketball

  • 20002000
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 4m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Monica and Quincy love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood.Monica and Quincy love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood.Monica and Quincy love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood.
IMDb RATING
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    • Gina Prince-Bythewood
    • Gina Prince-Bythewood
  • Stars
    • Sanaa Lathan
    • Omar Epps
    • Glenndon Chatman
    • Gina Prince-Bythewood
    • Gina Prince-Bythewood
  • Stars
    • Sanaa Lathan
    • Omar Epps
    • Glenndon Chatman
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 136User reviews
    • 35Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
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    Love & Basketball
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    Omar Epps and Sanaa Lathan in Love & Basketball (2000)
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    Debbi Morgan and Dennis Haysbert in Love & Basketball (2000)
    Sanaa Lathan and Gina Prince-Bythewood in Love & Basketball (2000)
    Omar Epps in Love & Basketball (2000)
    Omar Epps in Love & Basketball (2000)
    Sanaa Lathan in Love & Basketball (2000)
    Quincy & Monica
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    Omar Epps and Sanaa Lathan in Love & Basketball (2000)

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    Sanaa Lathan
    Sanaa Lathan
    • Monica Wright
    Omar Epps
    Omar Epps
    • Quincy McCall
    Glenndon Chatman
    • Young Quincy
    Jess Willard
    • Jamal
    Chris Warren
    Chris Warren
    • Kelvin
    • (as Chris Warren Jr.)
    Kyla Pratt
    Kyla Pratt
    • Young Monica
    Alfre Woodard
    Alfre Woodard
    • Camille Wright
    Naykia Harris
    • Young Lena
    Harry Lennix
    Harry Lennix
    • Nathan Wright
    Debbi Morgan
    Debbi Morgan
    • Nona McCall
    Dennis Haysbert
    Dennis Haysbert
    • Zeke McCall
    Colleen Matsuhara
    • UCLA Coach
    Al Foster
    • Coach Hiserman
    Nathaniel Bellamy Jr.
    Nathaniel Bellamy Jr.
    • Highschool Referee #1
    • (as Nathaniel Bellamy)
    Regina Hall
    Regina Hall
    • Lena Wright
    Shar Jackson
    Shar Jackson
    • Felicia
    Gabrielle Union
    Gabrielle Union
    • Shawnee
    James DuMont
    James DuMont
    • Reporter
      • Gina Prince-Bythewood
      • Gina Prince-Bythewood
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    • Trivia
      Producer Spike Lee believed the female lead should have believable basketball skills. Gina Prince-Bythewood said in an interview "I saw over 700 people for the part: actors, ballplayers, people who had never acted before in their life. It finally came down to Sanaa Lathan and Niesha Butler [a star player at Georgia Tech and 1999 Atlantic Coast Conference rookie of the year]. I put Sanaa with a basketball coach for two months and Niesha with an acting coach."
    • Goofs
      When Monica and Quincy are playing basketball for Quincy's heart, the Nike swoosh on Monica's sports bra appears and disappears.
    • Quotes

      Monica: I'll play you.

      Quincy: For what?

      Monica: Your heart.

    • Crazy credits
      The end of the creidts show Quincy's and Monica's daughter dunking a basketball .
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: U-571/Love & Basketball/Joe Gould's Secret/Gossip/Pups (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      Love and Happiness
      Written by Al Green and Teenie Hodges

      Performed by Al Green

    User reviews136

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    I never saw this side of basketball before
    Follows the relationship of Monica and Q from elementary school, through high school, college, and life afterwards as they grow to maturity on the court and off. Sanaa Lathan is great as Monica, the girl who wants nothing more than to be the first woman to play in the NBA yet slowly begins to realize there is something greater missing from her life. Omar Epps does his usual fine performance as Q, a boy striving to be better than his NBA star father who learns that a man doesn't necessarily have to be a star. The basketball scenes are well shot and pretty realistic in the aspect of how male and female teams are viewed by the fans. Overall a very enjoyable movie.
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    • chuckrules
    • Apr 14, 2002

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    • Release date
      • April 21, 2000 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Spanish
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    • Filming locations
      • Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    • Production company
      • 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
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    • 2 hours 4 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
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