The crib. On top of that, he now has to deal with his girlfriend's ex getting out of jail and attempting to take back what he's been missing. "Baby Boy" has a trailer that makes it look like a lot of fun, like a celebration of the lifestyle it attacks. Don't Go There: Jody sells clothes to women and Yvette tells him no sex with coworkers. With two kids and no job, Jody struggles to deal with his increasing responsibilities -- and his mother and her new man want him out of the house. Singleton comes from the same background as his characters, knows them, sees aspects of himself and his friends in them. Coming Soon. He was killed in the streets some time after. To be fair Jody was only 19-20. She finds herself split between her son and her new love quite often. [2], Baby Boy received positive reviews from critics and has a rating of 71% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 92 reviews with an average score of 6.2 out of 10. Jody doesn't even bother to answer, except to accuse her of not loving him. Angell Conwell as Kim, Sweetpea's girlfriend. There has never been a movie with this angle on the African-American experience" and "[it] doesn't fall back on easy liberal finger-pointing. In schools where black students are the top performers, what are these schools doing better? And finally, what does a black man call his place of residence? She is a drug addict teenager who has been trying to get sober and is still struggling with addiction. Rodney : [From Background] Fuck your punk-ass daddy! His freedom is one of them. John Singleton takes the stereotypes of the culture and throws them into the real world, making for a hilarious result. It was a ghetto hood tale from start to finish. Lol. TV Shows. From his girlfriend Yvette (Taraji P. Henson), whom he needs to be both a submissive woman and a comforting mother figure; to his other baby mama Peanut (Tamara LaSeon Bass), whom he needs to satisfy his sexual desires on command; to the lone father figure in his life Mel (Ving Rhames), who started his own life down the wrong path and now wishes Now sober, she tries to build back up her life with her willing sponsor, Christy Plunkett. Secondly, what does a black man call his closest acquaintances? I was amazed at how gentle Jody was with Yvette. Making her breakthrough in the 2001 American coming-of-age hood film Baby Boy, she portrayed Yvette, the girlfriend of Joseph "Jody" Summers / Baby Boy (Tyrese Gibson). His mother has entered a relationship with a new man, that being an ex-convict, and it bothers him to no end. Why I gotta leave the nest when you ain't never left?". He can't seem to strike a balance or find direction in his chaotic life.CREDITS:TM \u0026 Sony (2001)Cast: Tyrese GibsonDirector: John SingletonProducer: John SingletonWatch More: Fresh New Clips: http://bit.ly/2taDWqW Classic Trailers: http://bit.ly/2qTCxHF Hot New Trailers: http://bit.ly/2qThrsF Clips From Movies Coming Soon: http://bit.ly/2FrP8VL Indie Movie Clips: http://bit.ly/2qTZMRE Deleted Scenes: http://bit.ly/2ARbLPJ Bloopers: http://bit.ly/2qYmBnc Celebrity Interviews: http://bit.ly/2D4tzw4Fuel Your Movie Obsession: Subscribe to MOVIECLIPS: http://bit.ly/2CZa490 Watch Movieclips ORIGINALS: http://bit.ly/2D3sipV Like us on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/2DikvkY Follow us on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2mgkaHb Follow us on INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2mg0VNUThe MOVIECLIPS channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. Lifesava More for Baby Boy Mistakes After reflecting on Rodney's death and how his absence endangered her and JoJo, Jody finally decides to move in with Yvette. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. So many issues would be solved in this film if everybody wasn't so weak. In the world they live in ( the hood) Melvin is a good man. As Jody, Tyrese was a text book mama's boy with two kids of his own by two different women. Many of them were made fun of, ridiculed or died in heinous ways that only another black auteur could do or risk being ridiculed in society and from critics of all colours. by Jason Birchmeier. director of photography (as Charles E. Mills) Film Editing by In the opening sequence, we meet Jody (Tyrese Gibson), a 20-year-old who has children by two women and still lives in his room in his mother's house. In the present day, she has entered a relationship with another man with a shady past named Melvin, who Jody isn't too fond of. Baby Boy. When Yvette is walking back to her friend's car while holding her son and an umbrella, as she gets in the car, the umbrella is never retracted or put in the vehicle. The Wayans brothers were commended for their work on Scary Movie because of the levity involving their black characters. There has never been a movie with this angle on the African-American experience. Now Singleton, too, dares to take a hard look at his community. Mischa Barton: Hollywood and The OC star to join rebooted Australian soap Neighbours that came to an end in 2022 after 37 years on air. An upset Jody argues with his mother before getting into an argument with Melvin, which ends with Melvin punching him and breaking a table. sends Jody flying about six feet across the living room with a right hook. The stereotype is for someone like him to be abusive, but he only came close when really pushed, and most of us would not be that patient. Powered by JustWatch. Real low. Jody's mother. Tyrese Gibson as Joseph "Jody" Summers, an unemployed bike mechanic. Preachy and repetitive in parts, Baby Boy still manages to exude authenticity, thanks to its competent cast. He's a gangster and seems fairly proud of it, in public anyway. You are using an out of date browser. An ex-convict, who has recently started dating a woman named Juanita. Movies. Coming Soon, Regal Baby Boy is a 2001 movie directed by John Singleton as a sort of follow-up to his smash Boyz N the Hood, and while it wasn't as acclaimed, it still received generally positive reviews. See production, box office & company info, Siskel & Ebert: Crazy/Beautiful/Baby Boy/Pootie Tang/Lost and Delirious/The Crimson Rivers/Himalaya, 11th Avenue / Vernon Avenue, Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California, USA. the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. One of his biggest breaks was getting cast as Jody in the John Singelton film Baby Boy. This movie revolves around Jody, a young, unemployed, selfish, immature black man who won't leave the nest of his mama's home, even though he has a son and a daughter by two different women. He can't seem to strike a balance or find direction in his chaotic life.CREDITS:TM \u0026 Sony (2001)Cast: A.J. Stay up-to-date on all the latest Rotten Tomatoes news! Sharika : What you doing? We try to keep our heads up in bad times. Yeahthat's right, call for yo' mama. He's a momma's boy. Mo'Nique as Patrice, Juanita's best friend. Kaylin Gillis of Saratoga County was killed after pulling into wrong driveway. And look down upon us with forgiveness for the the sins we will have in the future. How does Jonathan Majors get cancelled for something that hasn't been proven but Ezra Miller is still walking around with a career? We seldom really see the world, but when we do, we become as still as a picture.Robert Musil (18801942), By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.Zelda Fitzgerald (19001948), Sometimes, because of its immediacy, television produces a kind of electronic parable. Frustrated, Jody leaves the house to see his friend Sweetpea. It was well deserved he learned a valuable lesson don't ever talk like that to a grown ass man or you will get yoked up it was very poetic lol. This is a man that was once just like Jody. He has a gift for finding good actors. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Son: Juanita (A.J. 3) he owns a business 4) he apologized for the weed 5) he ain't really kill anybody, people just assume he did because of his demeanor. The film marked the feature acting debut of Gibson and provided Henson with her first prominent role. I think she might have spoiled Jody, being that he was her youngest. Snoop Dogg as Rodney, Yvette's ex-boyfriend and the film's antagonist. Car Found Abandoned. Hes been financially abusing my mother for years. A soundtrack containing hip-hop and R&B music was released by Universal Records on June 19, 2001. Joseph "Jody" Summers waits for his girlfriend Yvette at an abortion clinic after compelling her to go. I couldnt stand the mama and her desperate for a man ass. Phone Calls: Yvette talks on the phone with Sharika and Rodney. Mother, 25, is found guilty of child cruelty after failing to protect her 18-month-old son who was beaten to death by her boyfriend, Aubrey Plaza and Mike White took a trip to Stockholm together to stalk her ex-boyfriend, Mother of Uvalde elementary school shooter is arrested for threatening to KILL her boyfriend - telling police 'my son killed all those children'. Baby Boy explores the mercurial world of black youth in America. Yall this sh!t has me DYING !! It peaked at #41 on the Billboard 200, #12 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #5 on the Top Soundtracks, and spawned one charting single, "Just a Baby Boy", performed by Snoop Dogg featuring Tyrese & Mr. Tan, which made it to #90 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #40 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. In South Central L.A., a misguided 20-year-old African-American man, a "baby boy", faces the commitments of real life. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Yvette's gangster ex-boyfriend Rodney is released from San Quentin State Prison and returns to the neighborhood to move in with Yvette. Still, he plays around, and she knows it and in a certain way accepts it, although she gets mad when she can never drive her own car, which she's making payments on. Baby Boy: Official Clip - Revenge in the Park, Baby Boy: Official Clip - Drive-by Shooting, Baby Boy: Official Clip - Living Room Fight, Baby Boy: Official Clip - Selling Dresses, Baby Boy: Official Clip - This Is Just Between Us, Baby Boy: Official Clip - I Love You, Baby, Baby Boy: Official Clip - Drive-Thru Drama, Baby Boy: Official Clip - Taking Down Rodney. The film was originally written with rapper-actor Tupac Shakur in mind to play Jody; Shakur had previously worked with Singleton on Poetic Justice. He was still in his mid-20s, fresh out of South Central, already a legend for the way, at 16, he started hanging around the USC film school--volunteering as a gofer until the dean concluded, "We might as well make him a student, since he acts like he is one anyway." (film) - Cast. , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. Official Sites Sweet Pea: I'm not going to use the b-word. Release Dates Now he returns to the same neighborhood, South Central in Los Angeles. Here we meet Cuba's brother Omar, also gifted. Read critic reviews. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette and Peanut but still lives with his own mother. The story is literally about a man juggling his two baby-momas with his home life. By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. That scene will not come as a shock to Mary A. Mitchell, the Sun-Times columnist who has written a series of sad, angry articles about absentee fathers and "man-sharing" in the black community, where drugs, crime and prison have created a shortage of eligible men. Son: Juanita (A.J. My Roommate Doesn't Know I Can Hear Her in the Shower, It's prom season and your over grown behinds need to stop living through these kids. But it's Yvette he loves. Yvette has humored him a couple times by calling him occasionally, and now he's getting out, ready to take her back. Meanwhile, Jody also continues having affairs with other women, including a young girl named Peanut, with whom he also has a daughter, Lil' Nut. When Yvette discovers his cheating, their ensuing argument eventually turns physical, culminating in her kicking him out of her home. Tawny Dahl as Pandora, Yvette's co-worker and a pursuer of Jody. Jody and Juanita's late brother and son, respectively. [4] The film follows Joseph "Jody" Summers (Gibson), a 20-year-old bike mechanic who still lives with his own mother (Johnson), as he lives and learns in his everyday life in the hood of Los Angeles. But he love you, though. I asked Singleton about it at the time, and he said, "Maybe some kids will see the trailer and come to see the movie and leave with a lot of ideas they didn't have before." The consensus states "Preachy and repetitive in parts, Baby Boy still manages to exude authenticity, thanks to its competent cast. I just want something to be better than I thought it would be. Jody is a mama's boy and when his mom's new ex-con boyfriend moves in the house, Jody becomes very defensive and is continually challenging him. She wasnt a controlling parent which is a good thing but the fact that she kicked her first son out and he was killed and she was still trying to kick out her last son was weird. You're just in love with a man. Don't just put up with whatever it is that they tell you to do. You're asking for a lot. Ving Rhames as Melvin, Juanita's ex-con boyfriend. In South Central L.A., a misguided 20-year-old African-American man, a "baby boy", faces the commitments of real life.In South Central L.A., a misguided 20-year-old African-American man, a "baby boy", faces the commitments of real life.In South Central L.A., a misguided 20-year-old African-American man, a "baby boy", faces the commitments of real life. Baby Boy (2001) - Taraji P. Henson as Yvette - IMDb Baby Boy (2001) Taraji P. Henson: Yvette Showing all 14 items Jump to: Photos (4) Quotes (10) Photos Quotes Joe Joe : I want my daddy. A man after pulling into wrong driveway Poetic Justice bad times this film everybody. Film if everybody was n't so weak at an abortion clinic after her!: i 'm not going to use the b-word from background ] Fuck punk-ass. 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