Roger Ebert
Boyz N the Hood has maturity and emotional depth: There are no cheap shots, nothing is thrown in for effect, realism is placed ahead of easy dramatic payoffs...
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Boyz 'N The Hood
Debut film from director John Singleton (Poetic Justice). The saga of a group of childhood friends living in a south central Los Angeles neighbourhood. Stars Cuba Gooding Jr, Laurence Fishburne and Ice Cube.
1991Rating: M, High level coarse language, Medium level violence112 minsUSA
Drama
- Director:
- John Singleton ('Shaft', '2 Fast 2 Furious', 'Poetic Justice', 'Higher Learning')
- Cast:
- Laurence FishburneNia LongAngela BassettIce CubeCuba Gooding Jr.Morris ChestnutTyra FerrellLexie BighamHudhail Al-AmirLloyd Avery II
Boyz 'N The Hood / Reviews
Variety
An absorbing, smartly made dramatic encyclopedia of problems and ethics in the black community, 1991.
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A passionate drama shot with fluency and style, a study of what amounts to life during wartime...
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The Washington Post
Singleton adroitly lets the emotions wash over the didacticism, his feet placed squarely on direct experience and timeliness.
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Empire Magazine
A film any seasoned director would be proud of, but as a debut is nothing short of amazing.
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Los Angeles Times
Singleton and his actors... take us inside the ghetto in a way mainstream films almost never do.
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Slant Magazine
It’s... earnest straightforwardness that provides the film much of its power...
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Little White Lies
Ice Cube’s stripped-back performance should be remembered as one of the best of the ’90s.
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Chicago Tribune
It's always risky to proclaim a new force in film based upon just one film, but Boyz N the Hood is good enough to suggest that John Singleton is going to be a major player for a long time.
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