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Boyz N the Hood

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Boyz N the Hood

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Released Jul 12, 1991

1h 52m

Drama

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Tre is sent to live with his father, Furious Styles, in tough South Central Los Angeles. Although his hard-nosed father instills proper values and respect in him, and his devout girlfriend Brandi teaches him about faith, Tre's friends Doughboy and Ricky don't have the same kind of support and are drawn into the neighborhood's booming drug and gang culture, with increasingly tragic results.

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Critics Consensus

Well-acted and thematically rich, Boyz N the Hood observes Black America with far more depth and compassion than many of the like-minded films its success inspired.

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Lawrence Ware

New York Times

In essence, this is a postapocalyptic world. Except what was destroying their landscape wasn’t an alien invasion or a virus. It was ravaged by white supremacy.

Rated: A+

Oct 13, 2023

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

The dialogue is hilarious, loaded, questioning.

Rated: 5/5

Jan 10, 2017

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Kate Muir

Times (UK)

It seems as box-fresh as a pair of white high-tops and as powerful and funny today as it was in 1991.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 28, 2016

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Boyz N The Hood is very good, in creation and heart. [Full review in Spanish]

Dec 30, 2022

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Nick Levine

NME (New Musical Express)

Featuring breakout performances from Cuba Gooding Jr. and NWA's Ice Cube, Singleton's stunning coming-of-age film offers a compelling and compassionate snapshot of life for a young Black man growing up amid the gang culture of South Central Los Angeles.

May 10, 2021

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Harriet Waugh

The Spectator

The story is laid out with the simplicity of a naive morality tale but is not in the least boring.

Jul 19, 2018

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Alfie M

Boyz N The Hood is a really enjoyable TRUE and authentic film experience and overall it's head of its time with the true story of how difficult it is growing up in a difficult neighborhood or circumstances. I really like the masculine part of the film and really shows how times have changed. BUT I really disliked that abrupt ending... Did the great John Singleton (in his debut) run out of money or something similar? Disliked the abruptness but I'm aware of the clitche "things can change fast". Overall very authentic fun viewing experience.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/17/25

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Çağlar Ö

Absolute masterpiece.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/01/25

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David Jessie S

Phenomenon Authentic

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/14/25

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Cameron L

A surprisingly haunting harsh cruel reality that bathes in gun violence, despair and hope, all without being shoving too many messages in our faces, and allowing me to enjoy the more violent scenes

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/22/25

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Audience Member

(RT keeps deleting my full review so I'll just say this). Good film, watch it. It's a masterpiece.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/25

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Casey M

Countless, legitimate critics have made this point before but the brilliance of the movie is that it leads you to it and makes you think it's your original thought. In Stand By Me the entire movie is predicated around a journey to a dead body. Boyz N the Hood asks, "Do you wanna see a dead body" and they walk there in 2 minutes. The creators of Zone of Interest fixated on banal evil and spent considerable time perfecting sounds that emanated from "over there". They did such a good job that they won an academy award. Both movies are fantastic, but the alacrity and audial suffocation of Boyz is second to none.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/25

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John Singleton

Director

Laurence Fishburne

Jason 'Furious' Styles

Ice Cube

Doughboy (Darin)

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Tre Styles

Nia Long

Brandi, Tre's Girlfriend

Morris Chestnut

Ricky Baker

Boyz n the Hood: Official Clip - Doughboy vs. Mama's Boy

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Boyz n the Hood: Official Clip - We Got a Problem Here?

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Boyz n the Hood: Official Clip - Dominoes

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Boyz n the Hood: Official Clip - Don't Know, Don't Show

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Boyz n the Hood: Official Clip - Ricky Gets Shot

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Boyz n the Hood: Official Clip - Give Me the Gun

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Boyz n the Hood: Official Clip - Home Invasion

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Boyz n the Hood: Official Clip - Gentrification

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Synopsis

Tre is sent to live with his father, Furious Styles, in tough South Central Los Angeles. Although his hard-nosed father instills proper values and respect in him, and his devout girlfriend Brandi teaches him about faith, Tre's friends Doughboy and Ricky don't have the same kind of support and are drawn into the neighborhood's booming drug and gang culture, with increasingly tragic results.

Director: John Singleton
Producer: Steve Nicolaides
Screenwriter: John Singleton
Distributor: Criterion Collection, Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 12, 1991, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 15, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $55.1M
Runtime: 1h 52m
Sound Mix: Surround

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