Quincy puts Monica's love to the test and, when she chooses basketball over him, he dumps her. It is not until years later that they meet again. In the last quarter, the two are re-united and must confront the choice of whether their lives will include both basketball and each other. In the end, almost as expected basketball is used as the final test of their love. A game of one on one is played and they realize they still need each other, coming to the conclusion of marriage, kids and a WNBA career for Monica.
The best element in this movie is the acting performances that are given. The acting is very believable and natural; it makes the movie very comfortable and real. Omar Epps is thoroughly believable as Q, but the movie is primarily told from the woman's point of view, giving it an interesting, subtly feminist twist on the both the sports movie and boy-meets-girl clichés. And as Monica, Sanaa Lathan is just plain wonderful, her facial expressions revealing just the right amount of uncertainty beneath the tough, driven exterior. Dennis Haysbert, looking every inch the professional basketball player, plays Zeke McCall with great dignity. Alfre Woodward provides parental conflict as Monica's homemaker Mom with her great screen strength. .
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The movie does have technical elements as well as others that contribute to the movie. The script and the writing in this movie are very well done and make the movie emotional and real. The profanity isn't distracting, to me it only adds to the credibility of these families' human weaknesses. The language between children and parents is real and believable: respectful until given a reason to feel otherwise. The relationships between father and son, and mother and daughter are truly what's under the microscope here. How a father's actions and words can have a lasting impact on his son's personal beliefs and morals. How a son finds it difficult to live by his father's "do as I say, not do as I do" mentality.
