Baby Boy Reviews

This is the story of Jody, an unemployed young black man, who's been living with his mother for several years, even though he's got two children of his own, with two seperate women.

Jody is having conflicts with his mother's new boyfriend, an ex-con. His lady Yvette, baby mama Peanut and trying to find a job to support his children.

It's a decent film. If you want to watch something believeable with a good background behind all the characters, its def worth watching.

Honestly, I didn't have some really high expectations before watching this flick but since I have a weak spot for John Singleton’s work, especially for ‘Boyz n the Hood’ which is pretty much a modern classic, I thought I might as well check this one out. Basically, it is one of the more obscure flicks directed by Singleton but I thought it was actually pretty good. Sure, it wasn’t really original but, first of all, it starts with a visually impressive introduction (you have to see it yourself to believe it, it is worth watching the movie already) and then it follows with a very raw, nuanced and realistic depiction of the black people in America. At least, it seemed to be realistic and Singleton managed to create some really compelling characters. Take for example the main character played by Tyrese Gibson. On one hand, he is a massive irresponsible douchebag who has 2 kids from 2 different women but, on the other hand, he is actually quite nice with both of them and it really seems that he wants to do the right thing. Anyway, to conclude, I thought it was a very surprising and rather thoughtfull feature and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.