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  • 1997
  • R
  • New Line Cinema
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 1997
  • R
  • New Line Cinema
  • 1 h 49 m

Summary Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Mosley, 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 friend, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romanti...

Directed By: Theodore Witcher

Written By: Theodore Witcher

  • 1997
  • R
  • New Line Cinema
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 1997
  • R
  • New Line Cinema
  • 1 h 49 m

Love Jones

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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Summary Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Mosley, 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 friend, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romanti...

Directed By: Theodore Witcher

Written By: Theodore Witcher

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
65
77% Positive
17 Reviews
18% Mixed
4 Reviews
5% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
65
77% Positive
17 Reviews
18% Mixed
4 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review

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91
Perhaps the most affecting thing about the urban romance love jones is that much of what it shows is so refreshingly ordinary. [14 Mar 1997, p.10]
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75
The story is thin, but it's fun to spend time with more likable African-American characters than most Hollywood movies ever put under the spotlight. [21 Mar 1997, p.13]
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75
It's funky and funny, not just sleek, riding witty repartee that makes it seem an extension of the fizzy, romantic comedies of the '30s (as well as the Harlem Renaissance, invoked by its poetry club scenes). [14 Mar 1977, p.C1]
By Jay Carr FULL REVIEW
70
For the most part, it's simply a pleasure to watch a smoothly made and underplayed film about attractive, nice people without a hint of violence on their minds. [25 Apr 1997, p.D8]
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67
Still, even when the plot sags, the erotic moodiness of Love Jones remains fresh.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
50
There are some effective group scenes with Darius and Nina and their friends, but Witcher's dialogue and direction more often show the craft than the naturalism he's after. [14 Mar 1997, p.F1]
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW
25
What this film desperately needed was another element in the script, something besides love and sex. Maybe something about art, something that put the lovers on the same team and back into those appealing bohemian clubs. As it stands, love jones is a smart setting in search of a story.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Addis Wechsler Pictures
Release Date Mar 14, 1997
Duration 1 h 49 m
Rating R
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Tagline Get Together. Fall Apart. Start Over.
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Awards

Acapulco Black Film Festival
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 3 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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