"Love Jones" is so pretty to look at -- and listen to -- that its moldy story hardly matters.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 8, 2023

The question that comes to mind while watching "love jones" is, "What took Hollywood so long to make a film like this?"

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 8, 2023

Witcher makes a remarkably confident filmmaking debut, eliciting excellent performances from his leads and underscoring their romance with a soundtrack that flavors, rather than overwhelms, the story.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 8, 2023

For a movie with so much talk, it has little to say. Love, we learn, is not easy. Point well taken. But most of us have found that out for ourselves.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 8, 2023

It certainly doesn’t hurt that Witcher has assembled a cast that is easy on the viewers’ eyes; a handsome lot of players who speak as hip as they dress, and strut, sulk, and flirt around the scenery with elegance.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | May 5, 2022

Starring budding luminaries such as Larenz Tate, Nia Long and Isaiah Washington, the power of Witcher’s film lies in its intelligence and simplicity -- a well-written, beautifully presented snap shot of 1990s Chicago.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 4, 2022

An eloquent and underseen ensemble dramedy, Love Jones receives a sparkling 4K transfer and a hearty helping of extras from the Criterion Collection.

Full Review | Apr 27, 2022

One of those films which grows in stature the more you think about it.

Full Review | Apr 22, 2022

We've seen this plot often before but it is something of an indictment of the movie industry that we haven't seen it played, at least not often, by black actors.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 22, 2022

The central romance is one you can get behind, the ultra-attractive leads are fine fantasy figures, and the world they inhabit is a seductive one in which it’s a pleasure to spend time.

Full Review | Mar 26, 2009

...even when the plot sags, the erotic moodiness of Love Jones remains fresh.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Dec 17, 2008

Larenz Tate, who played a homicidal in Menace II Spciety and haunted Vietnam vet in Dead Presidents, became an important transitional figure in the new black middle-class cinema, beginning this film, in which he's cast as a sophisticated and urbane man

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jan 24, 2007

Unfortunately, a relationship has to be pretty special if the couple are going to pair up thrice over.

Full Review | Jun 24, 2006

An uncommonly smart and insightful look at relationships while delivering the requisite laughs and romantic heat.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 18, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 10, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 20, 2003

love jones strives to be smart and sophisticated, which isn't exactly the same thing as intelligent ...

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Jan 23, 2003

It's not a particularly engaging movie.

Full Review | Feb 14, 2001

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

The two leads click throughout in a movie that's just good enough to engender curiosity over filmmaker Witcher's follow-up effort.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000