ShangLuda Admirable film.

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

SnoopyStyle It's 1981 L.A. 11 year old Monica Wright moves in next door to Quincy McCall in the suburbs. She surprises him with her basketball skills and he gives her a scar on the chin. Years later, Monica (Sanaa Lathan) and Quincy (Omar Epps) are platonic best friends. While everybody roots for him following his former Clippers player father (Dennis Haysbert)'s footsteps, most dismiss Monica's ball dreams. Her short fuse doesn't help and she struggles in her game. Quincy's parents fight at home. The two friends find their way in their relationship.I don't mean to be sexist but this is a basketball romance from the female side. Director Gina Prince-Bythewood is able to bring a female sensibility which influences even the basketball action on the floor. It's a different lesser-seen side of a sports movie. Sanaa has a nice sincerity to her acting and Omar is his Omar Epps self. The sincerity in these characters carries the standard romantic plot. It is a sweet romance without going overboard.

adamshea691 Love and Basketball is about a young girl and boy that early in age fall in love with each other and the game of basketball. Throughout the movie they struggle to balance their affection and love for each other with others and basketball. Love and Basketball shows how strong true love really is. This movie does a near perfect job on taking you through the lives and hardships faced by the two basketball players. From when the movie starts to the end of credits you will be drawn to their romantic lives. Love and basketball will make you wish you had a passionate a relationship just like the main characters. If you love the game of basketball or just enjoy playing this will probably be the best movie out there for you.

sarsarina I was not in a good mode that day switching between channels when i found a movie starting under the name "love & basketball". The beginning of the movie was interesting having those little kids competing over a basketball game, i noticed it will be a love story when they grow up, but it is a really rich movie offering the sport, romance, social flavors which are my favorite flavors. I really loved the purity of Sanaa Lathan, she was incredible & also Omar Epps was great too. They were in complete harmony. The movie is about true love that stays forever & also about achieving your life goals & having someone beside you supporting you to never give up. Hope to see such couples in real life!!

SweetCaraline_27 I just love this movie and watch it every time it is on TV. To see how the characters evolve through the quarters (the years) and with each other is really cute. To see their relationship evolve from children to true love as they get older is something I can definitely relate to. I cry at the same point of the movie every time when Monica confronts her mother in the kitchen. It is very real and moving. It shows their relationship in a how they relate to one another. It is a great Saturday afternoon movie when you just want to lay on the couch with a blanket. It's one of those sport/love stories you just need to see for yourself.