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Love Jones

Get Together. Fall Apart. Start Over.

Released R 108 min 7.3/10 Votes: 5721

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.

Type:

Movie

Socials:

Genre:

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Release:

1997-03-14

Year:

2024

Country:

United States of America

Language:

English

Budget:

$10M

Revenue:

$13M

Companies:

New Line Cinema, Addis Wechsler Pictures

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