Boyz n the Hood

1991 112 min ★ 7.6 Crime, Drama

In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre to be a decent person. Tre's friends, on the other hand, have little regard for the law and drag the entire neighborhood into a street war...

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Cast

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Tré Styles

Laurence Fishburne

Furious Styles

Ice Cube

Doughboy

Morris Chestnut

Ricky Baker

Angela Bassett

Reva Styles

Nia Long

Brandi

Tyra Ferrell

Mrs. Baker

Regina King

Shalika

Meta King

Brandi's Mom

Whitman Mayo

The Old Man

Details

Director

John Singleton

Tagline

"Once upon a time in South Central L.A... It ain't no fairy tale."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$6,500,000

Revenue

$57,504,069

Production

Columbia Pictures

Reviews

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John Chard

May 13, 2019

★ 9/10

Rick, it's the Nineties. Can't afford to be afraid of our own people anymore, man. 1991 "One out of every twenty-one Black American males will be murdered in their lifetime" "Most will die at the hands of another Black male" "Increase The Peace" is the closing message of John Singleton's powerful, intelligent and affecting call for calm in South Central Los Angeles. Often mistakenly...

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GenerationofSwine

January 14, 2023

★ 10/10

John Singleton really isn't my thing. I mean, the movie came out in '91 but didn't get much exposure out in the country where I grew up until it was on HBO. However "Poetic Justice" DID and when I finally came around to watching "Boyz n the Hood" I had extremely low expectations. I honestly thought it was going to be as absolutely pointless as "Poetic Justice" was. And, yeah, I did kind of l...