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Actors: Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Love and Basketball |
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At the beginning of this movie Monica(Kyla Pratt)and her family moves to a neighborhood in LA in the year of 1981 and just so happen move next door to a boy named Quincy. They are both 11 years old at the time and they both want to play for the NBA. Monica ends up playing basketball at the basketball court with Quincy and some of his friends and they tell her she cant play cause she's a girl. During the game Quincy gets mad because a girl beat him so he pushes her to the ground and makes her scar her face. The next day Quincy's mom comes over to give Monica's mom a "welcome to the neighborhood" cake. Monica and Quincy end up going to the kitchen and they start talking about basketball.The day after that he comes to pick her up for school on his bike. When Quincy tells her to get on the bike she says she dsont have to so they end up fighting.
Later on when they are in high school they still argue a lot , but really like eachother secretly. Quincy is the popular basketball guy who all the girls lkie and Monica is the tomboy, basketball girl. Soon the school's fall dance is coming up and her big sister Lena has found hera college boy to go to the dance with. On the night of the dance Quincy sees her with her date and he realizes he likes her and Quincy is dancing with his date but still looking at Monica and Monica is doing the same thing also. Afterwards when Quincy comes over to talk to her his date insult Monica. Soon they end up hooking up but they both have their basketball careers and it interferes with the relationship.
When Monica goes to college to play basketball, she has to deal with some of the girls who are mean to her. Her coach also makes things difficult for her because she is a Freshmen. At this point Monica and Quincy are still together. One night they both just so happened to have an impotant basketball game on the same night. Quincy ends up losing his game but Monica ends up winning theirs. While Monica is at a celebration party for the team he barges it and has a mean attitude because they lost. He takes it out on Monica and so he gets another girl phone number. Monica sees this and she asks him about it. He then syas that their realtionship should be over. Soon Monica was accepted to a real nice college in Italy, there she ends up playing agianst her enemy from her old college and they become friends. When she goes home to visit she realizes that Quincy have moved on with his life and is engaged to Tyra Banks. At the end they end up playing against each other for one last time for the love of basketball.
--Iesha Moore, Resident Scholar
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This film focuses on two Los Angeles kids who are crazy about each other. In addition, they also share a passion for basketball, and that presents a problem for them every season. They share their dreams of playing in the pros (both the NBA and WNBA), and neither of them is willing to give up a romantic relationship for a basketball career. There are spectacular cameos by players from both the LA Lakers and the LA Sparks.
--Teddy, Resident Scholar
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Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps play childhood rivals who grow up to become lovers. She is a woman playing a man's sport and desperately seeking recognition from her disapproving mother. He is under intense pressure to exceed as an athlete and follow in the footsteps of his father, who disappoints him. They grow together, grow apart and finally grow up and finally in love playing basketball.
--Danielle Petty, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Love and Basketball |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- romance (general)
- rekindling lost love/marriage
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- general coming of age story
Kind of sports story:
- basketball
Sports story?
Yes
Story of girl(s) doing boy sport?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- athlete
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- school
- sports arena
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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