Synopsis
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
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Cast
- Cuba Gooding Jr.Tré Styles
- Laurence FishburneJason 'Furious' Styles
- Ice CubeDarin 'Doughboy' Baker
- Morris ChestnutRicky Baker
- Angela BassettReva Devereaux
- Nia LongBrandi
- Tyra FerrellBrenda Baker
- Alysia RogersShanice
- Regina KingShalika
- Lexie Bigham"Mad Dog"
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Time
Remarkable. [22 July 1991] - 100
Newsweek
Singleton's powerhouse movie has the impact of a stun gun. [15 July 1991] - 88
USA Today
In a watershed year for black filmmakers, Singleton has made the punchiest feature debut in recent memory. Those who complain that Lee's characters tangle up his plots will savor Singleton's flawlessly crafted edges. [12 July 1991] - 80
Los Angeles Times
If people here feel trapped, despairing of a way out, it is Singleton's gift to make us empathize with their hopelessness, and make us wonder, along with them, how long this must go on. - 80
Variety
Ultra socially responsible, sometimes to the point of playing like a laundry list of difficulties faced specifically by the urban black community. - 80
TV Guide Magazine
Positive figures--Furious, Tre, Brandi--are rendered perhaps too virtuous, and Singleton becomes a bit preachy in the closing scenes, but an overt "message" movie may be the only appropriate response to the ongoing social crisis addressed. - 70
Washington Post
It will often tear at the heart too -- at least, when it doesn't feel like the rap equivalent of a classroom lecture. - 60
Chicago Reader
Singleton shows some genuine talent in handling character and action, and equal amounts of confusion and attitude when it comes to matters of gender and ghetto politics.