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01/26/06
The Wood (1999)
61 %
Reviews Counted: 56 Fresh: 34 Rotten:22 Average Rating: 6/10
Consensus:
A charming piece of work with believable characters.
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Synopsis: A mere three hours before he's scheduled to walk down the aisle, Roland (Taye Diggs--the man who helped Stella reclaim her groove) gets cold feet. Now it's up to his best buddies Slim (Richard T. Jones) and Mike (Omar Epps) to ease his pre-nuptial jitters and get him to the church on time--a task... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Taye Diggs, Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones, Trent Cameron, Sean Nelson
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Never delves much deeper into the three friends' psychology than a sitcom pilot would, though the cast try their best.
12/02/02
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It wants to be Boyz in the Hood (Boyz in the Wood) but the obscenity laced dialogue and raw objectification of woman renders it a contrite pretender more along the lines of Booty Call and Trippin.
12/08/02
A charmer, a heartfelt memoir full of the buoyant good spirits and free-wheeling fun that, say, American Pie never had.
10/15/02
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09/10/02
A well-intentioned exercise in humanism... but as art or a successful narrative, the movie is ultimately empty.
08/26/02
Heartfelt honesty and a determined refusal to resort to exploitative stereotypes help make The Wood an uncommonly uplifting experience for audiences of all races and backgrounds.
06/05/02
Three middle-class African-American men yearn to stay forever young as they struggle with their relationships with women.
03/03/02
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