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Love and Basketball (New Line Platinum Series)
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From the playground to the pro leagues, Monica and Qunicy taught each other how to play the game. Now, their commitment to the sport will force them to make a choice between each other and the game...between family and team...between "Love & Basketball." DVD Features: Two Original Documentaries, Deleted Scenes, Blooper Reel, Three Feature Length Commentaries, Music Video, DVD-ROM Content Including Screenplay And Original Theatrical Web Site, 127 Minutes
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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
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Love and Basketball (New Line Platinum Series)
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User Comments About Love and Basketball (New Line Platinum Series)
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Great Movie with a GREAT Soundtrack- perfect for V-day!
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It's entertaining for both guys and girls and would be a cute to give as part of a Valentine's Day gift. Win/win. This is a classic movie. My husband loves sports and enjoys watching the DVD, but I kept the soundtrack for me.
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Finally- a movie my fiance and I agree on!
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Love and Basketball is one that we both really enjoyed. The film heats up both on and off the court- satisfying his need for slick b-ball moves and my quench for romance. The soundtrack is a great bonus. It's not often my sports nut fiance and I agree on not only which movie to select, but whether or not it's actually good. Perfect flick for date night.
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I highly recommend. I loved this movie when it first came out. (so does my boyfriend) And the soundtrack is really good.
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How cool that this one comes with the soundtrack. I LOVE this movie. Romantic, but not too sappy (guys will totally like it too).
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