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55 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 13 Ratings

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  • Summary: Ten years after "Boyz N the Hood," writer and director John Singleton returns to the same inner-city L.A. neighborhood and its complex social and political issues for the story of Jody (Gibson), a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a "baby boy" finally forced-kicking and screaming -- to face the commitments of real life.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 26
  3. Negative: 3 out of 26
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    Now Singleton, too, dares to take a hard look at his community. His characters are a little older, and he is older, too, and less forgiving.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    Superbly acted by everyone involved (Rhames does his best work since "Pulp Fiction"), the film is really more about character than plot, though frankly, at more than two hours, it could have used a bit more of the latter.
  3. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    38
    A mistaken message is a price a filmmaker pays when he tries to load weighty themes like the cycle of violence on an overgrown boy who scoots around on a bicycle.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. zgp92
    6
    I enjoyed this movie, it is a decent urban drama. At times it can be tedious and repetitive, and it fails to stand up to its own potential, but its saved by solid acting and a realistic structure.… Expand
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