8.1 Score

2000 • 2h 5min • PG-13 • Comedy, Drama, Romance

Love & Basketball

"All's fair in love and basketball."

Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.

IMDb 7.2

RT 85%

MC 72

Director

Gina Prince-Bythewood

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Gina Prince-Bythewood

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Sanaa Lathan

Monica Wright

Omar Epps

Quincy McCall

Chris Warren

Kelvin

Kyla Pratt

Young Monica

Alfre Woodard

Camille Wright

Regina Hall

Lena Wright

Glenndon Chatman

Young Quincy

Jess Willard

Jamal

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Sanaa Lathan Monica Wright

Omar Epps Quincy McCall

Chris Warren Kelvin

Kyla Pratt Young Monica

Alfre Woodard Camille Wright

Regina Hall Lena Wright

Glenndon Chatman Young Quincy

Jess Willard Jamal

Naykia Harris Young Lena

Harry Lennix Nathan Wright

Debbi Morgan Nona McCall

Dennis Haysbert Zeke McCall

Al Foster Coach Hiserman

Colleen Matsuhara UCLA Coach

Gabrielle Union Shawnee

Tyra Banks Kyra Kessler

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