It's got heart and it's much smarter and funnier than you'd be led to believe.
The Wood (1999)
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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
Genre: Comedies
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.... 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 that inspires a trip down memory lane to their coming-of-age days in "The Wood" (Inglewood, California) during the 1980s. [More]
Starring: Taye Diggs, Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones, Trent Cameron
Starring: Taye Diggs, Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones, Trent Cameron, Sean Nelson, Malinda Williams, Sanaa Lathan, Duane Finley
Director: Rick Famuyiwa
Director: Rick Famuyiwa
Screenwriter: Rick Famuyiwa
Producer: Albert Berger, David Gale
Reviews for The Wood
By the film's final toast, one feels as if they are indeed part of The Wood.
The Wood spends too much time wallowing in arrested adolescence to make you feel you've traveled anywhere.
It's about time someone made a movie with black male characters who are believable and funny without being buffoonish.
This rambling and episodic autobiographical saga of three friends coming of age in Inglewood, Calif. in the ’80s is so determined to be likable that it forgets to be interesting.
It is unremarkable in every way, save one -- the cast is African-American.
this film's spirit and charm overwhelmingly eclipse technical pops and sputters.
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