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The Wood

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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

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Reviews for The Wood

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It's got heart and it's much smarter and funnier than you'd be led to believe.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

A boring and distancing affair!

Full Review Source: Screen It! | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jim Judy
Jim Judy
Screen It!
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Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
01/01/00
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

Artificial, tension-free.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jonathan Foreman
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post

Quaint and refreshing!

Full Review Source: Mr. Showbiz | comment Comment
01/01/00
Kevin Maynard
Kevin Maynard
Mr. Showbiz

Famuyiwa has kicked up fertile new storytelling territory for black filmmakers.

comment Comment
01/01/00
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly

A gentle, honest and amusing coming-of-age story!

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/01/00
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

The Wood isn't all that fresh.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
01/01/00
Marla Matzer
Marla Matzer
Los Angeles Daily News

By the film's final toast, one feels as if they are indeed part of The Wood.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

The Wood spends too much time wallowing in arrested adolescence to make you feel you've traveled anywhere.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post

A respectable debut.

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01/01/00
Morgan Fouch
Morgan Fouch
TNT's Rough Cut

A refreshing, loving look at friendship and growing up black.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
01/01/00
Paula Nechak
Paula Nechak
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Inane coming-of-age comedy.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine

It's about time someone made a movie with black male characters who are believable and funny without being buffoonish.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
01/01/00
Rashod D. Ollison
Rashod D. Ollison
Dallas Morning News

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Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
01/01/00
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

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.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
01/01/00
Robert Koehler
Robert Koehler
Variety
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It is unremarkable in every way, save one -- the cast is African-American.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Rod Armstrong
Rod Armstrong
Reel.com

The growing-up stuff is kind of wonderful.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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this film's spirit and charm overwhelmingly eclipse technical pops and sputters.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
01/01/00
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

Funny, awkward, or poignant!

Full Review Source: Citysearch | comment Comment
01/01/00
Sandra Ramani
Sandra Ramani
Citysearch
 
 
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