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Love Jones (1997)

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Average Rating: 6.4/10
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What do you do after love at first sight? That's the question posed in this romantic comedy-drama set in Chicago. Darius Lovehall (Larenz Tate) is a novelist who is giving a reading at the Sanctuary, an upscale club presenting jazz and poetry to a bohemian clientele. Shortly before his set, he meets Nina Mosley (Nia Long), a woman who is a gifted photographer, despite the fact that she just lost her job. They exchange small talk, and Darius makes his interest clear when -- on the spot -- he

R, 1 hr. 48 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Directed By: Theodore Witcher

Written By: Theodore Witcher

In Theaters: Jun 1, 1996 Wide

On DVD: Jul 27, 1999

New Line Home Entertainment

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Cast

Larenz Tate
Darius Lovehall
Nia Long
Nina Mosley
Isaiah Washington
Savon Garrison
Lisa Nicole Carson
Jose Nichols
Bernadette L. Clarke
Sheila Downes
Khalil Kain
Marvin Cox
Leonard Roberts
Eddie Coles
Bill Bellamy
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Critic Reviews for Love Jones

All Critics (34) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (5)

The two leads click throughout in a movie that's just good enough to engender curiosity over filmmaker Witcher's follow-up effort.

January 1, 2000 Comment

USA Today

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Larenz Tate, who played a homicidal in Menace II Spciety and haunted Vietnam vet in Dead Presidents, became an important transitional figure in the new black middle-class cinema, beginning this film, in which he's cast as a sophisticated and urbane man

January 24, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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An uncommonly smart and insightful look at relationships while delivering the requisite laughs and romantic heat.

September 18, 2005 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

love jones strives to be smart and sophisticated, which isn't exactly the same thing as intelligent ...

January 23, 2003 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Get Together. Fall Apart. Start Over.

December 15, 2009

Wahida K

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man, its been years since ive seen this, too many to really remember much of anything about the flick, except that i remember it having a charm to it and this is one of the films that started me in on a small crush on nia long.

January 22, 2007