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.
- Awards
- 14 wins & 15 nominations
Chris Warren
- Kelvin
- (as Chris Warren Jr.)
Nathaniel Bellamy Jr.
- Highschool Referee #1
- (as Nathaniel Bellamy)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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- TriviaProducer 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."
- GoofsWhen Monica is playing for Barcelona in the Euro Championship, she encounters her former college teammate (Sidra), who is playing for the opponent (Parma). One would assume that there would be a lot of game-planning and film watching prior to a big game such as this. Despite this, both are surprised to see the other in the hallway leading up to the court.
- Crazy creditsThe end of the creidts show Quincy's and Monica's daughter dunking a basketball .
Featured review
some flaws in the presentation but a good film overall
A boy meets girl scenario set against the backdrop of the sporting world. Beginning in Los Angeles in the early 1980s, a cocky young boy and the tomboyish girl next door meet for the very first time. Initially at odds, they discover a mutual affinity for the game of basketball. Years pass and they grow up together, but complications arise over their mutual dedication to the game, as well as the uncertainty of the feelings they harbor for one another. They could've used a more original title, but that ceases to matter as this is a touching and thoughtful drama that explores the hardships of the sports world in ways you wouldn't quite expect, with excellent casting down the line and especially strong, persuasive performances from Lathan and Epps. The director's episodic storytelling technique hinders the film from developing some key emotional moments to their full extent, but viewers are unlikely to mind due to the work of the actors involved. **½
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Love and Basketball
- Filming locations
- Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain(Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $27,475,093
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,139,180
- Apr 23, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $27,743,596
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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