Love and Basketball (2000)

	Desson Howe - Washington Post
	Lisa Schwarzbaum - EW
	Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
	Mark Caro - Chicago Tribune
	Gemma Files - Film.com
	Chris Vognar - Dallas Morning News
	Bob Graham - SF Chronicle
	Rob Blackwelder - SPLICED Online
	Mark Burger - Winston-Salem Journal
	Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide
	John Anderson - Newsday
	Jeff Vice - Deseret News
	Elvis Mitchell - NY Times
	Andy Seiler - USA Today
	Jon Popick - @N-Zone

“The humor is terrific, the cinematography has a burnished glow, and the score is lush”

- Desson Howe

“[E]xcessively long, agonizingly self-indulgent and full of nails-across-a-blackboard music”

- Jon Popick

Love and Basketball

Romantic drama about childhood friends/rivals (Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps) who fall in love while each tries to achieve the dream of playing professional basketball. Alfre Woodard, Dennis Haysbert, Debbi Morgan, Harry J. Lennix, Kyla Pratt, Glenndon Chatman, Tyra Banks, Monica Calhoun, Regina Hall. Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood (2000, PG-13)

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