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Boyz n the Hood (1991)

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User Rating: 7.8/10 (21,956 votes)
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Overview

Director:
John Singleton
Writer (WGA):
John Singleton (written by)
Release Date:
12 July 1991 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Sport more
Tagline:
Increase the peace
Plot:
Saga of a group of childhood friends growing up in a Los Angeles ghetto. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
hood ornaments, but this is more than an ornament more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Boys in the Hood
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Runtime:
107 min | 112 min (Anniversary DVD)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
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Trivia:
In terms of investment, this was 1991's most financially successful film, making $56.1 million from a budget of only $6.5 million. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Doughboy says to pick Chris up, he jumps from the porch to the wheelchair between shots. more
Quotes:
Furious Styles: Why is it that there is a gun shop on almost every corner in this community?
The Old Man: Why?
Furious Styles: I'll tell you why. For the same reason that there is a liquor store on almost every corner in the black community. Why? They want us to kill ourselves.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Be Kind Rewind (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Just a Friendly Game of Baseball more

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8 out of 13 people found the following comment useful:-
hood ornaments, but this is more than an ornament, 3 August 2006
9/10
Author: Lee Eisenberg (eisenberg.lee@gmail.com) from Portland, Oregon, USA

It's hard to believe that John Singleton's work degenerated so in later years, because his debut was a masterpiece. We probably all have to agree that "Boyz n the Hood" was basically the first "growing up in the ghetto" movie, showing how these African-American youths are surrounded by violence during their childhoods - some perpetrated by the cops, some is their own doing - but they all have to find a way to keep going. If the movie has any problem, it's that it opened the flood gates to a series of similar inferior movies (but also the hilarious satire "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood").

Anyway, this is the one that I recommend. Cuba Gooding Jr. made a very good debut. Also starring Laurence Fishburne, Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, Nia Long and Angela Bassett.

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