When I first saw the advertisements for Baby Boy, I was less than pressed to see it. I felt as if the last thing the Black Experience needed was another typical, gangsta flick about life in the hood. That is so early 90's. Black folks have moved on. But upon watching it on DVD, I had to admit that I judged the book by the cover. This movie was very good, nothing that I expected. John Singleton has said for the longest that he was going to complete his Hood trilogy and I'm glad that he did. Tyrese did an more-than-average job in his starring debut as Jody. I thought Taraji P. Hensen was dead-on as Yvette. She was so real and honest in her portrayal. There are so many sistahs out there like Yvette and I think Taraji represented them well. The only flaws were Snoop Dogg and Omar Gooding. Not every rapper (if any) can act and Omar just wasn't very believable as a thug. And then the ending was a bit too neat for me.
****SPOILERS****
Jody has spent years as a selfish, cheating manipulator and now all of sudden he's ready to be a man for Yvette and himself. Sweetpea kills Rodney and then gets baptized and it's all good. Singleton should've took a little more time to tie up these loose ends.
But I give him much credit for churning out a remarkable movie about life in the present hood.
****SPOILERS****
Jody has spent years as a selfish, cheating manipulator and now all of sudden he's ready to be a man for Yvette and himself. Sweetpea kills Rodney and then gets baptized and it's all good. Singleton should've took a little more time to tie up these loose ends.
But I give him much credit for churning out a remarkable movie about life in the present hood.