Love Jones

Mar 14, 1997

1h 48m

★ 7.4

Get Together. Fall Apart. Start Over.

Overview

Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friends, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

New Line Cinema

Addis-Wechsler Productions

Love Jones Trailers

Cast

Darius Lovehall

Larenz Tate

Nina Mosley

Nia Long

Savon Garrison

Isaiah Washington

Hollywood

Bill Bellamy

Josie Nichols

Lisa Nicole Carson

Tracey Powell

Marie-Françoise Theodore

Marvin Cox

Khalil Kain

Eddie Coles

Leonard Roberts

Sheila Downes

Bernadette Speakes

Percussionist

Kahil El'Zabar

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