Love & Basketball

Love & Basketball

All's fair in love and basketball.

PG-13 2000 · 125 min · ★ 7.3 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.

Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood · Written by Gina Prince-Bythewood

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Omar Epps Quincy McCall
Sanaa Lathan Monica Wright
Alfre Woodard Camille Wright
Dennis Haysbert Zeke McCall
Debbi Morgan Nona McCall
Harry Lennix Nathan Wright
Kyla Pratt Young Monica
Glenndon Chatman Young Quincy
Christine Dunford Coach Davis
Regina Hall Lena Wright
Erika Ringor Sidra O'Neal
Chris Warren Kelvin

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