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.
Love & Basketball has generally received very positive reviews.
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By Michael Dequina (1,684) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000
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Love & Basketball was released in 2000 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 409 reviews, giving Love & Basketball (2000) an average rating of 78%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 91%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 71%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Love & Basketball than critics were.
With a score of 78%, Love & Basketball is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2000, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2000 with similar scores include films like Billy Elliot, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker and Songs from the Second Floor.
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