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Love & Basketball (2000)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 9/13

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9/13: After seeing Omar Epps in Love & Basketball, it's safe to say it's time for him to retire from acting for good or pretend to be the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

All Omar can do is: slowly look down and then up, show off his eyes, do something with his lips, and go slow-mo with his face as if he has "mad skillz." His female co-star isn't any better, and they have zero chemistry. As for the film, nothing much happens. In fact, there's no story. Five years pass without contact between these two all because she didn't want to miss her curfew. Yeah, right.

There's little basketball involved. The characters are poorly developed. Some of them don't appear for a long time. When they do, it's too late, adding nothing to the story. I don't feel engaged with whatever is going on. Nobody has friends; it's just each other among family and neighbors. Forced to put up with corny, cringeworthy scenes, I was like "duh" when the ending came.

All in all, Love & Basketball is an all-around bad movie.