Love Jones

Love Jones

Get Together. Fall Apart. Start Over.

R 1997 · 109 min · ★ 7.4 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friends, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.

Directed by Theodore Witcher · Written by Theodore Witcher

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