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.
Writing
Dialogue so sharp you'll quote it for decades.
Acting
Tate and Long's chemistry is absolutely criminal.
Score
Neo-soul soundtrack that *is* the movie's heartbeat.
Director
Theodore Witcher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 17 days for under $3 million, this became the defining Black romance of the '90s and made Maxwell's 'Sumthin' Sumthin'' permanently synonymous with seduction.
The 'I am the blues in your left thigh' scene was improvised after Tate forgot his lines—Witcher kept it because Nia Long's flustered reaction was too genuine to cut.
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