Baby Boy [UMD for PSP]

I really, really hate this movie. John Singleton gave you great movies in the past like Boyz N The Hood, South Central,and Higher Learning. Higher Learning was the last film of substance that was made by Singleton. I could say that I dont understand why Singleton made this movie but I do understand all too well. Higher Learning(which eats this movie for breakfast) was panned across the board by snotty critics and pseudo-intellectual charlatans that label every movie that dealt with issues of race as liberal propaganda. The rest of the masses slept on it or allowed cheesy so-called hip hop publications like Jive...oops I meant Vibe ragazine to persuade their opinions. So I understand why he would make MTV-style fodder like Baby Boy and 2 Fast 2 Furious.

The movie is basically about Tyrese's Character "Jody" who still lives with his mom and is trying to make ends meet while having to put with his extremely pesky girl whose ex-boyfriend just got out of prison(played by Snoop Dogg). He also has to deal with his mother dating an ex-con named Melvin(Ving Rhames)that he is not too fond of. Tyrese as well as Ving Rhames do the best they can with the material they've been given but the ridiculous amounts of overacting they do in this movie gets embarrasing at times. People fail to realize that Boyz N The Hood had a brain as well as a level of awareness that is absent in filth like this movie. Laurence Fishburne's character "Furious" was the voice of reason in that movie. Where is his equivalent in Baby Boy? Nowhere to be found. As a matter of fact lets look at the characters of the main people in Baby Boy shall we:

Tyrese Gibson as Jody: Irresposible, childish rogue that still lives with his mother. He cheats on his woman, treats her like dirt and ends up living with her. He never attempts to get a real job and sees no shame in that.

AJ Johnson as Juanita: A mother that dresses like a Malibu hooker and dates a convict that has no job. She never pushes Jody to do anything with his life.

Taraji P Henson as Yvette: Naive female that suspects that her man is cheating on her and still sticks with him. She is incredibly whiny and never seems to talk to her man like a respectable woman.

Ving Rhames as Melvin: Psychotic former criminal that brags about his past misdeeds like thats something to be proud of. He grows weed in his girlfriend's backyard and allows Jody to take the blame. He mumbles nonsense about bread and butter beats his former baby mother and wonders why Jody is skeptical about him dating his mother(hell, I would have let Hannibal Lecter date my mother over this clown any day!).

Omar Gooding as SweatPea: A numbskull that curses out his girlfriend and her mother when they gave him a place to stay because he had nowhere else to go. He acts off of impulse instead of thinking it through.

Now tell me, are these the people you want to spend 2 hours of your life with? Its not like Tyrese, Ving Rhames, AJ Johnson cant act but the overacting they do in this movie is to the point of self-parody. To say that Cuba Gooding Jr's brother Omar Gooding cant act is the least of his problems. The movie is filled to the rim with stereotypes and cliches. Nobody seems to act like normal people but more like crazed rottweilers on heroin. Jody and Yvette never talk to each other respectfully. They fight then they have sex(and for the record only psychotic people have sex when they're angry. No matter the race). The most asinine scene in the movie is when Jody backhands Yvette after she punches him. He takes her to her bedroom and proceeds to give her a tongue massage. WTF!?! That scene is still a head-scratcher till this day. I'll admit that I chuckled a bit when Jody and Sweatpea beat the hell out a bunch of teenage punks that jumped Jody earlier in the movie but my laughter soon turned to disgust when SweatPea whips the final victim with a belt for showing no fear.

Closing comments. Baby Boy has no conscious. Nobody with a conscious exists in Baby Boy. Just a bunch of unlikeable, stereotypical people that perpetuate those sick caricatures and myths that Follywood has been spouting about black people for years. If you want better films from John Singleton stick with South Central, Boyz N The Hood and Higher Learning. Baby Boy is painfully ignorant from start to finish. Now I dont recommend boycotting Black cinema because quiet as kept it was the best thing to ever happen to Follywood. Plus sentiments like that smack of bourgeosie behavior but I do recommend boycotting brainless junk like Baby Boy to force these black directors to put out better material.
John Singleton, I know you can do better than this. Straight garbage!

Repsonse to Mecca Egypt. I am a white girl who grew up in New Mexico and I knew plenty of people who acted just like the characters portrayed in John Singleton's Baby Boy. You probably just didn't surround yourself with that lifestyle, but just because you have never experienced it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. If it didn't exist, you wouldn't hear about hundreds of gang members who get shot daily around the country let alone Los Angeles. Don't be so naive. It's out there, trust me, It's out there. As far as my review of the movie; it was excellent. It shows the vicious cycle & pressures of being, young, scared & dumb in America today. Well done.

I bought this movie when it first came out some years ago...it is still one of my favorite movies!!! I can relate to the characters, I cry with them, Laugh, I totally enjoy this movie and would recommend it to anyone.
I have watched it over 500 times and know all the words...I bought it at least 3 times because it scratches after watching it so many times....PLEASE BUY IT!!!!

This is one of the most addictive shows I've ever come across, authentic, powerful and emotional, a powerful drama worth getting this over again!

What a great comedy!!! HEHEHE!!!HAHAHAHA!!!
I know that Baby Boy is not a comedy film, but the concept is amussing!

I heard about the mama's boy concept but this is something else! Jody (the main character) is 20 years old and his has a job old and instead of living with his fiance and son, his living with his mother! He is always checking his mama's boyfriends and calling for his mother when he has a trouble! NOT ONLY THAT!! the guy cheat on his girlfriend and always shouting at her like he is the king of the females and of course! He doesn't admit that he is wrong.

Im not laughting only for his immaturity, Im also laughting because of the dialoge like "old a** pizza", "scared little chocolate b*th", "Im trying to be a good motherf*&% nig&%&" or "stinky a**" HAHAHA!

The movie itself is very entertaining, well acted and very emotional, but the reason that I gave it 3 stars is because it has to many stereotypes like: Men being immature and irresponsible, women being dependent to men or black people related with Hip Hop music which is very annoying. But in the end, the movie is VERY funny and entertaining.

Adios.