Boyz N the Hood

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Boyz N the Hood

R

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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Steve Murray

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Sep 25

A smart mix of character study, messy film and action thriller, it's a cut far above other recent gang flicks.

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Lawrence Ware

New York Times

10/13/2023

A+

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.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

01/10/2017

5/5

The dialogue is hilarious, loaded, questioning.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

12/30/2022

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

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Nick Levine

NME (New Musical Express)

05/10/2021

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.

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Harriet Waugh

The Spectator

07/19/2018

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

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Juan S A

@excessiveforc3 2d

Valuable lessons to new generations about the deeper issues that low income neighborhoods go through. Cuba JR and Ice Cube create a fantastic energy to their roles and all of the cast complete their roles fantastically. 9.5/10

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Jack F

@MovieFan111 Nov 20

It was really good. I think 16+ is more suitable.

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Geoff M

Oct 16

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.

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Popsicle S.

@popsiclestand Oct 6

Heartbreaking but a brilliant movie. I never cried over a movie as much as I did this one.

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Kyle M

Aug 26

A familiar coming-of-age story gets realistically hardened and further realized via the Black experience’s deeply delivered thematic communication with a profound sense of raw authenticity suggestively weighing heavier within, thus heightening the compel discovery surrounding John Singleton’s chronicling narrative approach stemmed from this astounding debut. The simplistic powerhouses are empathetically mesmerizing at peaked form, especially for few breakthroughs, that some never re-captured that very magnetism they debuted per more definitive showcases. (A-)

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Lars N

@movie_douche Aug 1

BNH probably have some historical significance, but personally I found it to be an unfocused mess, and hard to sit through for the most part.

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Doughboy (Darin)

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Tre Styles

Nia Long

Brandi, Tre's Girlfriend

Morris Chestnut

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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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