1997 · romance · drama
Love Jones
Directed by Theodore Witcher1h 49m1997
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.
Our read: Love Jones (1997) reads as a cosy, steady, grounded romance · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, measured romance / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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