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Love and Basketball
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Not age appropriate for kids under 14, age appropriate for kids over 16; suggested age 14. -
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Common Sense says
Good romance, but strong sexuality for a PG-13.
updated 04.07.09
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 14–16
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What Parents Need to Know
About Love and Basketball
Parents need to know that 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 -- but refreshingly it includes the obvious use of a condom. A character gets drunk when she finds out that her husband has been unfaithful.
Read our full review by Common Sense Media Editors
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about how people reconcile the demands of love, family, and career, and why it is that Monica and Quincy had so much trouble telling each other how they felt. Teens may also want to talk about the different views Monica and Quincy had of their relationship at different ages, and how the key element linking them through all of them was not basketball but friendship.
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Lives in New YorkI rate this title on for age 13 and give it- Lives in CaliforniaI rate this title on for age 2 and give it
i cried
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- Lives in New HampshireI rate this title on for age 17 and give it
- Lives in New YorkI rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Love it!!
I thought love and basketball was a well done movie.I love the whole film and there were no boring parts...even when I watch it every night!! There is just enough of both Love and the Basketball scene!!
- Lives inI rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
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