Tyrese Gibson,
Omar Gooding,
A.J. Johnson,
Taraji P. Henson,
Snoop Dogg
... see more 
Ten years later, writer and director John Singleton returns to the South Central Los Angeles neighborhoods of his debut film Boyz 'N the Hood (1991). Tyrese Gibson stars as Jody, a jobless 20-year-old... read more
Directed by: John Singleton
Release Date: June 27, 2001
Keywords:
john singleton,
snoop dogg,
baby boy,
black man,
ving rhames,
John Singleton ,
Baby Boy ,
Snoop Dogg ,
Ving Rhames
DVD Release Date: November 6, 2001
Get It:
Stats: 4,152 reviews
Your Rating
Flixster Reviews (4,152)
-
May 18, 2010I can't really rate this accurately because I still have no idea if it was supposed to be an accurate depiction or mockery of the ghetto life. I'm going to say that it is because that's the best way to watch it. Saying that, it is by far one of the funniest and perfect satires to... read more
-
March 10, 2009Though not quite up to the standards of Boyz n the Hood, Baby Boy does take us back to the ghetto, but what Boyz n the Hood set out to define the ghetto life, Baby Boy goes further with an unusual theory... and come around to the point where it teaches young men to learn responsi... read more
-
-
March 20, 2006Baby Boy is as if you got Boyz N Da Hood and decided that it should be more like Tales from the Hood and then throw in some diologue from Soul Plane. A horrible pale version of the masterpiece Boyz N the Hood.
-
-
March 5, 2008i thought snoop was hilarious in this, he can play an asshole with the best of them
-
January 14, 2011Jody is a unemployed immature young man who isn't committed to anything or anyone but himself. He has two children out of wedlock he does not financially support. He leeches off his mother living at home. He tries to act like a gangster in the streets. That act does not fool anyo... read more
-
May 20, 2009oh great another sorry black man portrayed on film, living with mama having more than one woman and there are kids involved which he ain't taking care of.....thanks for perpetuating the negative black stereotypes John
-
March 2, 2009THE STORY OF A YOUNG BLACK MALE TRE, PLAYED BY TYREESE, TRYING TO BECOME A MAN WHILE LIVING IN ONE OF L.A.''s TOUGHEST NEIGHBORHOODS.
-
December 7, 2008I put off watching this movie cause I thought it would be awful. It wasn't all that bad, just not something I'm a big fan of.
Critic Reviews
January 29, 2010
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
July 12, 2001
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
I felt myself drawn into a vortex of raw emotion from which I could not escape. Full Review
July 6, 2001
David Edelstein, Slate
One of the most entertaining African-American comedies of manners ever made. Full Review
July 6, 2001
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon.com
[Jody's] lessons on growing up and moving on never ring more than halfhearted and false. Full Review
July 2, 2001
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
What holds the movie together ... is Gibson's broodingly responsive performance. Full Review
June 29, 2001
Steven Rosen, Denver Post
[Singleton] He means for this to be r,38p,11p revelatory, but it is instead exhausting. Full Review
June 28, 2001
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
Highly flawed but hugely fascinating.
June 28, 2001
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Good acting lends some balance to director's liking for sermons.
June 28, 2001
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Affecting if sometimes overwrought.
View more
Baby Boy
reviews
Critic ratings and reviews powered by RottenTomatoes.com
Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)
Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)
