So basically the movie is a love story between a girl named Monica (Sanaa Lathan) and a boy named Quincy (Omar Epps) who live next door to each other. They met at age 11 when Monica’s family moved next door to Quincy’s family. Monica comes from your average middle class family while Quincy’s dad is a professional basketball player. They like each other but nothing comes off this mutual “like” until they’re both in high school after the spring dance. They both play basketball and end up going to University of Southern California together on basketball scholarships. While Quincy started on the team, Monica had to work for her starting position. At first things were all good until Quincy’s father has to deal with a paternity case. Monica doesn’t realize it but she has to make a choice…love or basketball. She ultimately chooses basketball and ends up with the starting spot on her team, but loses Quincy as a result. This choice between love & basketball tore them apart as lovers and friends. Quincy drops out of school and joins the Lakers while Monica finishes college and then plays ball overseas. They lose touch and Monica comes home right after Quincy tears his ACL in a game. When she visits him at the hospital she realizes that she is still in love and wants to get him back, but he’s engaged! Two weeks before his wedding Monica brings up the issue to Quincy and he isn’t very happy about it. She offers to play him for his heart, he accepts. This last game between the two ends with Monica losing but Quincy realizing that he still loves her too. After all is said and done, Quincy and Monica get married, have a baby, and Monica ends up playing in the WNBA for the sparks!
Great story right???? If you haven’t seen the movie and you want to, hit me up! We can definitely have a movie night. It’s such a great movie that I know all the words LOL. But really it’s a great movie. I love basketball and I love movies about love, which is why I love this movie. I also fell in love with Sanaa Lathan. She is most definitely my favorite actress. You can also check her out in Something New, Out of Time, A Family that Preys, and many other movies. Omar Epps is one of my favorite actors and I love his role in House.
Check the movie out and let me know if you agree! I’m sure you will. So what’s love got to do with it??? Well I mean the whole movie is about choosing between what you love and who you love. This movie goes to show that sometimes you can have both.
