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Gina Prince-Bythewood
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Gina Prince-Bythewood
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Glenndon Chatman, Chris Warren Jr., Kyla Pratt, Alfre Woodard, Harry J. Lennix, Debbi Morgan, Dennis Haysbert, Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps, Al Foster, Regina Hall, Shar Jackson, Gabrielle Union, James DuMont, Christine Dunford, Boris Kodjoe, Monica Calhoun, Dion Basco, Jesse Corti, Chick Hearn, Tyra Banks, Gary Cruz, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Nathaniel Bellamy Jr., Jess Willard, Naykia Harris, Colleen Matsuhara, Nathaniel Bellamy Jr., April Griffin, Erika Ringor, Kara Brock, Charles O'Bannon, Robin Roberts, Dick Vitale, Jimmy Lennon Jr., Terry Cummings, Andre Bellinger, Marta Bou Morera, Marta Crespo, Raquel Hurtado, Jordi Clemente, Leticia Oseguera, Mar Castro, Django C. Porter, Alberto de Almar, Paris H. Rooks, Julio Ledezma, Trevor Wilson, Rebecca Patterson, Steve Spencer, Lisa Barkin Oxley, Madison Duvernay, Nairobi Dickens, Sandra Von Embrigs, Yolanda Higgins, Wendy Levy, Sandra Pérez, Carla Houser, Marigold Clark, Marte Alexander, Sabrina Roberson, Audrey Gomez, Erica Jackson, Valerie Agee, Afton Thompson, Lorna Monique Clemmons, Chandra Cole, Shawnte Watson, Krystal Braden, Lakesha Willingham, Jenece Johnson, Erika Wilson, Sharon Vigne, Major Dennis, Jeff Coopwood, Aichi Ali, Yussi Wenger, Stu Lantz, Chevana Player, Carenda Saunder
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Love & Basketball (2000)
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Movie Review by Zara 
December 30th, 2007
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I love that this was written and directed by a woman and that even though it's (co)produced by Spike Lee, the film doesn't set out to prove or disprove any theories about black people versus white people or how anyone did anyone else wrong or right.
This is simply a high quality romance which borders on the unconventional while giving the viewer a conventionally happy ending. The actors are all top-notch (especially the interaction between Lathan and Epps, who appear to really see nothing and no one else in the film other than basketball and one another) and it's refreshing to see a movie which doesn't turn its characters into darker versions of a white drama and yet also manages to show that not all black families grow up in the hood or have missing and/or negligent parents.
A good afternoon popcorn drama to sit back and appreciate, especially if you weren't the frou-frou female growing up. And especially if you ever were loved by a man who wasn't looking for something frou-frou, since this film shows that men don't always predictably go after the prissy, uber-feminine women either.
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