Monica bounces the ball with force back to Quincy. This game of one-on-one means everything. It’s a horrible, heart- wrenching game. Either she wins... or she loses the love of her life. Love and Basketball is an empowering romance between two characters that have known each other since childhood. Until the end of the movie, the plot is respectable and filled with heart-warming scenes in which two characters fall in love from childhood to college. Everything makes sense and it’s your common romance- until it’s not. Where the film gets interesting is when the two main characters go into two budding basketball careers, but instead of the man being the successful NBA player, Monica ends up the professional. And her boyfriend of a decade ends up with another woman. The angst of wanting the two to get back together is respectable, and the movie evokes plenty of emotion from the viewer as Quincy gets injured and Monica visits him- only to see he’s engaged. However, the movie becomes a bit unreasonable. Two weeks before the wedding Monica wins him back through a game of one-on-one basketball and steals him away as easily as an open ball on the court. This is where I lost some of my respect for the film, because it’s not plausible or fair. However, the underlying theme of woman empowerment makes up for it. Monica becomes the successful basketball player instead of Quincy, adding a twist to an otherwise easy-to- predict film. Although it’s plot isn’t perfect, and it’s hard to respect a woman who steals somebody else’s fiancée, Love and Basketball still puts the viewer through an emotional roller coaster- a skill that I have come to expect and respect in all classics.
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