“All's fair in love and basketball.”
Overview
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
Produced by Spike Lee, Sam Kitt
Box OfficeBudget: $20.0MRevenue: $27.7M
About Love & Basketball
Love & Basketball is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 2000 exploring themes of high school, sports, lovers, romcom, basketball, affection. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, it stars Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps, Chris Warren. 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.