| boyz n the hood |
Release Year: 1991
Rating: R
Duration: 107 minutes
Other Title: Boys in the Hood
Director: John Singleton
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synopsis
John Singleton emerged from USC film school with his passionate script already written, and at age 23 he made the film that spawned a score of ghetto dramas. From the opening shot, a sign reading "Stop" to the final message of "Increase the Peace," Singleton's desire to galvanize his audience is clear. The violence destroying South Central Los Angeles is seen through the eyes of Tre Styles (Cuba Gooding Jr.), whose intelligence and common sense would be wasted in the 'hood if not for his father, Furious (Laurence Fishburne), who imparts discipline and responsibility to his son. Tre's friends aren't so lucky, though, especially Doughboy (Ice Cube), who has been in and out of institutions since childhood and now sits on his porch with a forty in his hand and a pistol in his waistband. Singleton is ambitious enough to tackle a host of problems, from African American business practices to the bias of the SAT test, but the real power of the film lies in the performances of its principals. Cuba Gooding, in his first role, doesn't let Tre come off like a goody two-shoes, while Ice Cube gives a tragic nobility to a young man who knows he's doomed.
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cast
Angela Bassett as Reva Devereaux
Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Tré Styles
Ice Cube as Darin 'Doughboy' Baker
Laurence Fishburne as Jason 'Furious' Styles
Morris Chestnut as Ricky Baker
Nia Long as Brandi
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quote
Mrs. Baker: You ain't shit. You just like your daddy. You don't do shit, and you never gonna amount to shit. All you do is eat, sleep, and shit.
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Boyz N the Hood Posters (3 posters)
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Boyz N the Hood Pictures (1 pictures)
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Boyz N the Hood Trailers
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- Quicktime Trailer (QuickTime)
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Boyz N the Hood Reviews (2 reviews)
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| Source : rec.art.movies.reviews newsgroup | | Rating : 0
| Many of these points are the utterances of the characters. There are a number of "characters," but most of them are the same person, the director, John Singleton, who uses his characters as mouthpieces for his own ideas. When young Tre points to the map of Africa and says that's where the first man came from, it's Singleton talking. When the football recruiter makes a speech on the improbability of making the NFL, it's Singleton talking. In one of history's worst lines of dialogue, Tre's father asks Tre how the SAT went, then casually notes, "of course those tests are culturally biased, except for the math parts." Yep, it's Singleton talking. We don't get to actually hear one of the "culturally biased" questions. We're supposed to take Singleton's word for it, I suppose. (Didn't Singleton see STAND AND DELIVER? "Those people" pass "those tests" when they study for them. Oops, I forgot--"those tests" were all math parts.) When that line is dropped with a dull thud, I realized that the whole minor thread about taking the test was a set-up for that one lousy line. The piece de resistance of pontification occurs under a billboard in a vacant lot. Tre's father's lecture on gentrification attracts a variety of neighborhood regulars, from dope dealers to the perpetually unemployed. But their discussion sounds like a MacNeil/Lehrer roundtable on urban issues. Where's the m*th*rf*ck*n' verisimilitude?
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