Watch: Love & Basketball 2000 123movies, Full Movie Online – In 1981 in L.A., Monica moves in next door to Quincy. They’re 11, and both want to play in the NBA, just like Quincy’s dad. Their love-hate relationship lasts into high school, with Monica’s edge and Quincy’s top-dog attitude separating them, except when Quincy’s parents argue and he climbs through Monica’s window to sleep on the floor. As high school ends, they come together as a couple, but within a year, with both of them playing ball at USC, Quincy’s relationship with his father takes an ugly turn, and it leads to a break up with Monica. Some years later, their pro careers at a crossroads, they meet again. It’s time for a final game of one-on-one with high stakes..
Plot: Quincy McCall and Monica Wright 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.
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7.2/10 Votes: 22,063 | |
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A great relationship film, I give it a 10
First off, let me say that I am a huge fan of almost every sport known to mankind. Now perhaps because of this, you’d think I’d enjoy movies easier whose central theme revolves around a sport. Contrary to that notion though, I am often a hard rater of sports movies because I expect so much from them.I really enjoyed this movie though. I thought the acting by both Lathan and Epps was outstanding. I found it to be extremely realistic, with the exception of seeing Epps in a Laker uniform, but other than that, it was real. At one point during the film, I really started to wonder if this film was based on a true story or something, how cool would that have been. Nonetheless, the fictional story is captivating.
Yes I am a guy and I love sports, but I do like watching the occassional love story. I liked Pearl Harbor and Titantic which revolved around love stories, and I liked this love story too. There is more to it though, than just two people who fall for each other who happen to play basketball.
There is the relationship not only between Quincy and Monica, but the relationships they had with their father and mother respectively. There is also the relationship they have with the world they live in, trying to find out what they really want in life. It really makes you think about how sometimes the very thing you are looking for is actually standing right there in front of you and you don’t realize it.
In the end, I loved Love and Basketball, and I give it a 10.
Childhood Favorite
I used to love this movie when I was young. But as an adult, I realize that this is not a love movie. Quincy never deserved Monica, not as kids or adults. He was a horrible person. Monica could do so much better.
Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 4 min (124 min)
Budget 20000000
Revenue 27728118
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Drama, Romance, Sport
Director Gina Prince-Bythewood
Writer Gina Prince-Bythewood
Actors Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps, Glenndon Chatman
Country United States
Awards 13 wins & 15 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Digital, SDDS, DTS
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory DeLuxe, Toronto, Canada (prints), FotoKem Laboratory, Burbank (CA), USA
Film Length 3,498 m (Spain)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Fuji F-CP 3519D)