Film

Love Jones

1997 · 1h 49m · Comedy · Drama · Romance

Get Together. Fall Apart. Start Over.

IMDb

7.3

Rotten Tomatoes

75%

Metacritic

65

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.

Larenz Tate

Darius Lovehall

Nia Long

Nina Mosley

Isaiah Washington

Savon Garrison

Bill Bellamy

Hollywood

Lisa Nicole Carson

Josie Nichols

Marie-Françoise Theodore

Tracey Powell

Khalil Kain

Marvin Cox

Leonard Roberts

Eddie Coles

Bernadette Speakes

Sheila Downes

Kahil El'Zabar

Percussionist

• Theodore WitcherDirector · Writer
• Nick WechslerProducer
• Jeremiah SamuelsProducer
• Julia ChasmanExecutive Producer
• Jay SternExecutive Producer
• Amy HenkelsExecutive Producer
• Helena EchegoyenExecutive Producer
• Ernest HolzmanDirector of Photography
• Darryl JonesOriginal Music Composer
• Maysie HoyEditor

Love Jones - Original Theatrical Trailer

Release date

March 14, 1997

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

R

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$12,782,749

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

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