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Baby Boy Reviews

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Director John Singleton (BOYZ IN THE HOOD, SHAFT) revisits to South Central L.A. with BABY BOY. Former Calvin Klein model Tyrese Gibson stars as Jody, a smooth-talking but immature black male who has children from two different women. One of them, Yvette (Taraji P. Henson), wants him to be faithful and move in with her, but .. Read more

Starring	Taraji P. Henson, Tyrese Gibson, Omar Gooding, A.J. Johnson
Director	John Singleton
Genres	Drama

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- A drama that confronts the problems of masculine identity, single mothers and fatherless children in a black community; heavy-handed contrivance, though, robs it of much of its intended power.
- 31792
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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- - 6
  - 2
  Nothing special about ...
  
  Nothing special about this film. The usual Afro American film. Been done many times before but better
  
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- 38117
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Pam#12
  - LONDON
  - 09 Jun 2004 at 23:10
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- - 0
  - 0
  Tyrese is hot
  
  Tyrese is hot but the movie is not. OMFG! So boring and dull. However, thank God Tyrese is super fit otherwise I'd turned off immediately. Cool soundtrack ... read more »
  
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- 1084197
- - gianino
  - 458 reviews
  - London
  - 21 Jan 2012 at 20:07
- - 0
  - 0
  Definitely a movies for the girls!
  
  I loved this movie but it's more a girly alternative kind of love story if that makes sense. I think it's one for the girls and female lovers of the ... read more »
  
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- 1051343
- - Brixton
  - 12 reviews
  - London
  - 14 Oct 2011 at 14:32
- - 0
  - 0
  Insight to a Man's Mind.....
  
  I have to say I loved watching this film, if you have ever been in a relationship that has had cheating in it then you will relate to parts of this film.
  <... read more »
  
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- - lollypie75
  - 119 reviews
  - Harlow
  - 21 May 2009 at 09:46
- - 0
  - 0
  BABY BOY
  
  I loved this film, it was great especially Tyrese Gibson - he is one of my favourite actors.
  
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- 742017
- - LadyT
  - 6 reviews
  - Ashford
  - 12 Apr 2009 at 15:34
- - 0
  - 0
  NOT VERY GOOD!
  
  I got bored with this film i ended up switching it off!
  
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- - Snezza
  - 93 reviews
  - Haverhill
  - 24 Mar 2009 at 13:14
- - 0
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  MMMM
  
  Tyresse looked at his best in this film.
  
  A good comedy. Lots of familiar faces that will be in top films to come!
  
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- - a customer
  - Bristol, England
  - 26 Feb 2009 at 09:48
- - 0
  - 0
  baby boy
  
  brap , brmm, brmm. yeh this film is really funny, but also ghas a serious side and also tells a story. it is inspiring and would be good to buy and to sit and ... read more »
  
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  - Leamington Spa
  - 24 Oct 2008 at 11:54
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  - 0
  Baby Boy
  
  its a good film,that was a nasty chokehold he put on him,lol
  
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- 641792
- - a customer
  - uk
  - 10 Oct 2008 at 10:07
- - 0
  - 0
  Brilliant Performance by Tyrese
  
  Tyrese makes this drama all the more interesting and the acting's not that bad. Not a bad one to watch. Yes - Low budget but not a bad one.
  
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- - Sandra Ibiayo
  - Edmonton Green
  - 30 Oct 2006 at 14:35
- - 2
  - 0
  Not the same old same old
  
  yea well done to this, not another gang bangin seek reveange realise its too late tyoe of film.
  
  A young blood has to deal with his mums new fella ... read more »
  
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- 238564
- - Aaron McCluskey
  - notts
  - 28 Apr 2006 at 23:06
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- - 6
  - 2
  Nothing special about ...
  
  Nothing special about this film. The usual Afro American film. Been done many times before but better
  
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- 38117
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Pam#12
  - LONDON
  - 09 Jun 2004 at 23:10
- - 4
  - 1
  uninteresting
  
  It's not worth watching! its a complete was of time.at least for me. i have seen better.
  
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- 10950
- - a customer
  - london
  - 16 Jul 2004 at 13:53
- - 3
  - 0
  One of my favourite films!
  
  Originally saw this in the cinema a few years ago and several years later watching it on DVD, it's still as good as I remember.
  
  Leading man ... read more »
  
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- - hungryman
  - SURREY
  - 23 Sep 2005 at 15:43
- - 2
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  Top Film!
  
  I loved every minute of this film, you need to forget Boyz in the Hood - this is the update on the same area but years later. The acting is spot on, in ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Wibblesham Bay
  - 06 Apr 2006 at 23:59
- - 2
  - 0
  Not the same old same old
  
  yea well done to this, not another gang bangin seek reveange realise its too late tyoe of film.
  
  A young blood has to deal with his mums new fella ... read more »
  
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- 238564
- - Aaron McCluskey
  - notts
  - 28 Apr 2006 at 23:06
- - 0
  - 0
  Brilliant Performance by Tyrese
  
  Tyrese makes this drama all the more interesting and the acting's not that bad. Not a bad one to watch. Yes - Low budget but not a bad one.
  
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- 379307
- - Sandra Ibiayo
  - Edmonton Green
  - 30 Oct 2006 at 14:35
- - 0
  - 0
  Baby Boy
  
  its a good film,that was a nasty chokehold he put on him,lol
  
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- 641792
- - a customer
  - uk
  - 10 Oct 2008 at 10:07
- - 0
  - 0
  baby boy
  
  brap , brmm, brmm. yeh this film is really funny, but also ghas a serious side and also tells a story. it is inspiring and would be good to buy and to sit and ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 648895
- - a customer
  - Leamington Spa
  - 24 Oct 2008 at 11:54
- - 0
  - 0
  MMMM
  
  Tyresse looked at his best in this film.
  
  A good comedy. Lots of familiar faces that will be in top films to come!
  
  Report this review
- 716176
- - a customer
  - Bristol, England
  - 26 Feb 2009 at 09:48
- - 0
  - 0
  NOT VERY GOOD!
  
  I got bored with this film i ended up switching it off!
  
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- 731730
- - Snezza
  - 93 reviews
  - Haverhill
  - 24 Mar 2009 at 13:14

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Critics' reviews
- A drama that confronts the problems of masculine identity, single mothers and fatherless children in a black community; heavy-handed contrivance, though, robs it of much of its intended power.
- 31792
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- "...BABY BOY earns credibility for its insights by moving beyond image and rhetoric....[Snoop Dogg's] performance is sly, menacing and disarmingly funny..."
- 10510
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...It lives, breathes and switches moods from humor to despair better than any American release this year..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
- 10513
- - USA Today
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...Singleton's achievement is that he stages each moment with such an intricate and painful sense of what's going on inside Jody..."
- 10508
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- At 20, flirtatious Jody (Gibson) has two cute offspring, one with tempestuous longterm girlfriend Yvette (Henson), and... read more on Time Out
- 45059
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
- "...The characters are vibrant....Singleton's writing is skillful enough to make them come engagingly to life..."
- 10514
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59

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- Baby Boy
  
  Director John Singleton (BOYZ IN THE HOOD, SHAFT) revisits to South Central L.A. with BABY BOY. Former Calvin Klein model Tyrese Gibson stars as Jody, a smooth-talking but immature black male who has children from two different women. One of them, Yvette (Taraji P. Henson), wants him to be faithful ...