Baby Boy

Name: Baby Boy
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance, Crime
Released: June 27, 2001
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 55

2001

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: June 27, 2001 | R

Summary: Ten years after "Boyz N the Hood," writer and director John Singleton returns to the same inner-city L.A. neighborhood and its complex social and political issues for the story of Jody (Gibson), a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a "baby boy" finally forced-kicking and screaming -- to face the commitments of real life.

Director: John Singleton

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 130 min

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Mike Clark

An easy movie to pick apart, but it lives, breathes and switches moods from humor to despair better than any American release this year. Read full review

Peter Travers

Lacks the cumulative impact of "Boyz," since Singleton allows repetition and sermonizing to dull his theme about the infantilization of black males. But Baby Boy leaves you shaken. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

What holds the movie together, however, is Gibson's broodingly responsive performance. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Superbly acted by everyone involved (Rhames does his best work since "Pulp Fiction"), the film is really more about character than plot, though frankly, at more than two hours, it could have used a bit more of the latter. Read full review

Bob Graham

It would have been enough that Singleton raise these difficult questions without trying to wrap them up, too, in the last five minutes. Read full review

Jack Mathews

Despite the audience pandering -- not just in its violence, but in its wall-to-wall sexual vulgarity -- there are terrific elements in Baby Boy. Read full review

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

A preachy, monotonous failure hyped as a follow-up to his incendiary 1991 debut, "Boyz N the Hood."

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zgp92

Jan 26, 2012

I enjoyed this movie, it is a decent urban drama. At times it can be tedious and repetitive, and it fails to stand up to its own potential, but its saved by solid acting and a realistic structure.

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Sosmooth1982

Apr 20, 2023

Movie was pretty good. Just another movie with a bad ending. Also could have added more details to the story.

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