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Summary: "Men Not Found In BoyZ"
Review: "Boys N the Hood" Staring Cuba Gooding Jr (Jerry Maguire) and Ice Cube (Friday,Next Friday) star in this flim about freinds growing up in South Centeral L.A. .With you tipical layout of gangbang flims. They have hard times growing up to be "men" and have even harder times as men ,they all but one dies at the end.Ok acting by all but overall poor writing in this flim sinks it.Just another 2 hours of life we will never get back ofter watching this poor movie. In The End "Men Not Found In BoyZ". Rated:R NOT FOR PERSONS UNDER 18.
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: Some very powerful performances make this by Cuba Gooding Jnr and Lawrence Fishbourne make this a movie that makes you think. It shows contrasts between different sort o teens in the hood. Tre(Gooding) is a good kid in a bad neighbourhood trying to stay out of trouble. Ricky is trying to make a better future for himself and his family by going to college playing football. Doughboy is a thug in and out of prison and with no prospects. If you like hood movies you'll love this but buy Menace II Society first.
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Summary: An Important Film From John Singleton
Review: The problems of inter-city culture, and what it's like to bea black youth growing up in South Central Los Angeles, is addressed bywriter-director John Singleton in the hard-hitting "Boyz N the Hood," starring Laurence Fishburne and Cuba Gooding Jr. The story centers on young Tre Styles (Gooding), whose parents are divorced, and as a troubled youth at age ten, is sent by his mother, Reva (Angela Bassett) to live with his father, Furious (Fishburne), in South Central. The story then jumps ahead seven years, and we find Tre still living with his father. Furious is a man of principle, a decent man with high ideals, and he's done a good job of teaching Tre how to be a man, and how to survive without slipping through the cracks to become just another statistic from the 'hood, without hope of ever amounting to anything. Furious is the calm in the eye of the storm, navigating a culture steeped in a seemingly never-ending cycle of violence. Then when Tre is about to graduate from High School, and with his father's guidance is looking toward college, his best friend is shot and killed. Tre wants to fight back; and suddenly, he must make the decision that will determine the path the rest of his life will take. Singleton successfully captures the alienation of an entire community from the rest of the city, and the atmosphere of violence that permeates the lives of all who live there; the incessant presence of the police helicopters a constant reminder, lest they forget for even a moment, where they are. The anguish of the mothers who fear for the lives of their children, along with the frustration of the apparent futility of trying to make a change. In Tre, Furious, and those close to them, Singleton paints a profound picture of what life is like for everyone who lives within that few square miles that is South Central Los Angeles. A grim portrait, to be sure, yet in the end he manages to tone it with a positive sign; a glimmer of hope that there may yet be a light at the end of the tunnel for those born and raised in the inner-city. Fishburne gives a dynamic performance as Furious Styles, the voice of reason and truth amid the turmoil. He knows who this man is, and his purpose; and it shows in the subtle command he takes whenever he is on the screen. Gooding, too, gives a remarkable performance, aptly conveying the complexities of young Tre, the pride mixed with confusion. The terrific supporting cast includes Morris Chestnut (Ricky), Ice Cube (Doughboy), Darneicea Corley (Keisha), Tyra Ferrell (Mrs. Baker), Redge Green (Chris) and Dedrick D. Gobert (Dooky). Singleton is to be commended for having the courage to make a truly thought-provoking film. For this is not a movie about gang-bangers; this is a film that has the guts to ask important and significant questions objectively, without copping an attitude. About the cultural bias of the S.A.T.'s; why there's a liquor store or a gun shop on every corner in the 'hood, and not in Beverly Hills; and the lack of even the attempt at creating the symbiotic relationship that would benefit all who live in and around the city of Los Angeles. This is an important film that goes far beyond the scope of mere cinema, and one for which Singleton will be remembered; it is definitely a movie that should be seen by all.
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Summary: One of my favorite movies of all time.
Review: This has got be be one of the great dramas of the 90s. John Singleton's storytelling is outstanding. He makes us care for the characters. Probably Gooding's best performance ever. This is also the movie that made Lawrence Fishburne one of my favorite actors. The casting of Ice Cube as the adult Doughboy was genius. He played the part perfectly.In this movie, Singleton gives us a graphic portrayal of life in the inner city. Ricky's struggles to grow up and be a man as his father defines one is almost painful to watch, especially when he loses his best friend to senseless violence. This is not a glamourization of gang life, but rather a vivid portrayal of the fight for survival. This is a graphic, depressing, honest movie and one that I am happy to see made. This is definitely a movie that every drama lover should see.
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Summary: Best Movie ever, displayed the reality of the hood
Review: Ive never seen a movie that was as touching as this movie. It definetly made me cry, when he died and how cube was talking about it, best scene ever. Props to ice cube on that. I know how real this is ive had friends die on me when i was in the hood (compton) exactly like this. its all good now we out the hood now. peace
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Summary: this is definetly the best hood movie of all time
Review: this movie had some great acting from Ice Cube and Cuba Gooding Jr.really sad,though.this movie was just great.see it
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Summary: The best movie of all time
Review: This movie was excellent. I own this for VHS and DVD and have seen it about 11 times and enjoy watching it each time. I like to show it to my friends who also think it is a good movie. It is so real and true and the actors are great in it.
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Summary: The Best Hood Movie ever
Review: Boyz N Da Hood is the best hood movie I've ever seen I mean it tells the truth about thangs man if you haven't seen it take my word its da bomb
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Summary: Wow just simply amazing.
Review: I loved this movie ever since I saw at the movies a couple years back. This is not just about gangs, it's about inner city kids lives. I put this on my top ten list. Oh ye Im even white too.
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Summary: Some of you guys just don't get it!
Review: I was reading some of the reviews posted below, and was irritated when this movie was so often referred to as a "gang" movie. This isn't a movie about inner-city gangs, folks! The main characters, played by Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Lawrence Fishburne, and his friends Ricky and Doughboy (played by Ice Cube) are NOT gang members. They are simply poor, urban youths trying to make their lives the best they can. I can totally relate to Lawrence Fishburne's character, Furious, who amid the turmoil and suffocating poverty and despair of the ghetto, is trying to build a business that will improve both his family life and the neighborhood, as well as trying to keep his son (Gooding) on the straight and narrow path. Fishburne's character reminded me so much of my own father. I watched this movie in high school, and was blown away by the frankness of the story-telling. It was not overly embellished by tremendous acts of violence, as is the case in most Hollywood movies about the inner-city, nor does it try to ignore the ugliness present in everyday life in South-Central. The most heart-wrenching aspect of this film was the murder of Ricky, the USC-bound football star, who was gunned down in the alley the day he received the SAT result that would have allowed him to pass through the door leading out of the hopelessness of the ghetto.
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