Love Jones

Released Date
March 14, 1997
Distributor
New Line Cinema
Genre
Romance
Rating
R
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$12,479,335 + $303,414 = $12,782,749
54
Nia Long

as Nina Mosley

61
Isaiah Washington

as Savon Garrison

49
Larenz Tate

as Darius Lovehall

59
Bill Bellamy

as Hollywood

55
Lisa Nicole Carson

as Josie Nichols

About Love Jones

Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Mosley, 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 friend, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.

About

A young black poet and a talented photographer look to determine with they are romantically linked or just friends. The movie marked the feature film debut of Theodore Witcher.

Trivia

The cult film features poems that were written by Sonia Sanchez from her book Like the Singing Coming Off the Drums: Love Poems. They are recited by Nia Long in the movie.