Release Date: December 28th, 2012
DVD Release Date: April 2nd, 2013
R|1 hr 34 min
Plot Summary
Accompanied by his young nephew (Michael Rainey Jr.), an ex-convict (Common) tries to raise money through a drug deal.
Cast: Common , Michael Rainey Jr., Charles S. Dutton, Dennis Haysbert, Danny Glover, Meagan Good, Marc John Jefferies, Lonette McKee
Director: Sheldon Candis
Genres: Drama
Distributors: Indomina
So it's nice that, despite some cliched rhythms, the flawed-ex-con-makes-good drama LUV gets the details of childhood-cut-short heartbreakingly right. show more
Even if some of them are playing hackneyed gangster-film types, the strength of the actors makes it almost possible to forgive the formulaic plotting and artificially movie-ish developments. Candis and Justin Wilson's screenplay stretches credibility thinner and thinner as the story advances. show more
Here is a film about African Americans that sidesteps all the usual, hopeful cliches and comments on how one failed generation raises another. show more
