![]() ![]() For families with aspiring athletes, these are all issues in the movie worth discussing. The not-so-glamorous realities of professional basketball players who aren't playing on the NBA circuit is also shown. It also explores the pressures that talented collegiate athletes face: whether to stay in college and earn a degree or turn pro in the hopes of making a large salary. Other language includes "s-t," "bulls-t," "damn," "bitch," "t-tties," "ass," "goddamn." Some sexual references are heard, such as "coochie," "bone," "get with you," "stick your thing in anything." The movie also explores issues of sexism in sports, and the double standards in how aggressive play from men is treated differently from aggressive play from women. Profanity is regularly used, including "f-kin'" (used once). Monica (Sanaa Lathan) and Quincy (Omar Epps) are two childhood friends who both aspire to be professional basketball players. Quincy is drunk and surly at a college party where there's a lot of drinking. A character gets drunk when she finds out that her husband has been unfaithful. ![]() This movie has strong sexuality for a PG-13, including descriptions of some sexually aggressive women, a strip basketball game, and a scene of Monica and Quincy having sex that has no nudity but is fairly explicit - and includes the obvious use of a condom. Parents need to know that Love & Basketball is a 2000 coming-of-age romance that follows a relationship between childhood neighbors through the ups and downs of their lives on and off the court. ![]()
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