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Love Jones (1997)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:10
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: After an immediate infatuation (the titular "jones") blossoms between a once-bitten Chicagoan woman and a slick spoken-word artist, they've got to find a way to maintain their relationship.... After an immediate infatuation (the titular "jones") blossoms between a once-bitten Chicagoan woman and a slick spoken-word artist, they've got to find a way to maintain their relationship. Screened at the Sundance Film Festival. [More]
Starring: Larenz Tate, Nia Long, Isaiah Washington, Lisa Nicole Carson
Starring: Larenz Tate, Nia Long, Isaiah Washington, Lisa Nicole Carson, Bill Bellamy
Director: Theodore Witcher
Director: Theodore Witcher
Composer: Darryl Jones
Producer: Julia Chasman, Jay Stern, Amy Henkels, Helena Echegoyen, Nick Wechsler, Jeremiah Samuels
Screenwriter: Theodore Witcher
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Reviews for Love Jones
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
An uncommonly smart and insightful look at relationships while delivering the requisite laughs and romantic heat.
love jones strives to be smart and sophisticated, which isn't exactly the same thing as intelligent ...
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| Tomatometer Percentage | Movie |
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| 98% 98% | Up |
| 88% 88% | Ballast |
| 67% 67% | The Merry Gentleman |
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