But you could tell because of the way he acted. Jody is twenty years old. Joseph "Jody" Summers waits for his girlfriend Yvette at an abortion clinic after compelling her to go. 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. A soundtrack containing hip-hop and R&B music was released by Universal Records on June 19, 2001. It is also a criticism of the society that pushes them into that niche. I couldnt stand the mama and her desperate for a man ass. He gives them a verbal smackdown and instantly gets jumped by said thugs as a result. Kaylon Bolton and Kylan Bolton as Joseph "Jo Jo" Summers Jr, Jody's oldest child and son with Yvette. Regal The Break In: SweetPea and Do-Dirty break into a couples house. Her columns are courageous; the African-American community prefers to present a positive front and keep its self-criticism behind closed doors. One of his biggest breaks was getting cast as Jody in the John Singelton film Baby Boy. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. But when a director like John Singleton writes, produces, and directs material like this, we all stand up and listen. Released in the United States on June 27, 2001, the film received predominantly positive reviews from critics and audiences, with many deeming it as Singleton's best film since Boyz n the Hood, but underperformed commercially, grossing $29 million against a $16 million budget. Jody wants to live with his momma, not with me. He's a momma's boy. He could probably return to his roots and make some easy money but he knows that there are more important things in life. Made by movie fans, for movie fans. "Baby Boy (2001) - Financial Information", "Baby Boy movie review & film summary (2001) | Roger Ebert", "John Singleton Says Studios 'Ain't Letting Black People Tell Stories,' Unveils Tupac Biopic Plans (Video)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baby_Boy_(film)&oldid=1149265093, Tamara LaSeon Bass as Peanut, the mother of Jody's daughter Lil' Nut, Tawny Dahl as Pandora, Yvettes scandalous co-worker, "Jody Meets Rodney (Interlude)"- :30 (Tyrese & Snoop Dogg), "Eat Sleep Think"- 3:36 (Connie McKendrick), "I Hate You (Interlude)"- :41 (Tyrese & Taraji P. Henson), This page was last edited on 11 April 2023, at 04:37. The movie's message to men like its hero is: yes, racism has contributed to your situation, but do you have to give it so much help with your own attitude? Surprisingly smart and entertaining story. "Baby Boy" has a trailer that makes it look like a lot of fun, like a celebration of the lifestyle it attacks. Jody's mother. (ETSY), Tuesday Praise & Pray (for others) April 18, 2023, Woman shames man for bringing one pizza to potluck, and TikTok has thoughts: I dont think you quite understand how potlucks work, Satan and jehovah are the same exact entity?Satanism exposed. This is a major source of angst for his surviving brother. Director John Singleton Writer John Singleton Stars Alexsandra Wright Tyrese Gibson Taraji P. Henson See production, box office & company info Watch on Prime Video rent/buy from $3.99 More watch options A timeline of approximate ADOS population numbers for every 10 years since 1619. He has a gift for finding good actors. R (Some Drug Use|Language|Strong Sexuality|Violence), Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, SDDS, Dolby SR. Jody is a good man and is continually fighting these battles inside himself to do whats right by him and his family but just can't seem to get over the hump. She always put her men before her sons, and she had a history of dating bad men. And look down upon us with forgiveness for the the sins we will have in the future. Lol. He would like to move in with his new girlfriend, but his mother disagrees even if Jody doesn't like her unpleasant boyfriend. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register. 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'. Additionally, his daughter Cleopatra appears in the beginning of the film as Lil' Nut, Jody's daughter with Peanut. It's very foundation is one that believes that black men are subject to racism but they use that very excuse as one to keep them down. 2h 9m, Distributor: "Boyz" was Cuba Gooding Jr.'s first movie. Yvette's ruthless gangster ex-boyfriend, of whom she left for Jody sometime after he got locked up. 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). English, Director: Maybe so. The soundtrack contains interludes which are sound clips from the film. Additionally, the role of Rodney was originally written for Ice Cube, who had worked with Singleton on Boyz n the Hood and Higher Learning. And let's face it, if Robert Zemekis or Steven Spielberg or even Quentin Tarantino attempted subject matter like this, they would at best be dismissed as being misinformed and at worst they would be ostracized by both races as being racist. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Love In The Afternoon: Jody and Peanut have sex. | Snoop Dogg as Rodney, Yvette's ex-boyfriend and the film's antagonist. . Soon after he got into acting. This is certainly a film that has much to say. Jody also nearly has sex with Pandora, Yvette's colleague and co-worker, but manages to rebuff her advances. Powered by JustWatch. Why I gotta leave the nest when you ain't never left?". I was reminded of the trailer for "Boyz N the Hood," which seemed to glorify guns and violence, although the movie deplored them. She was previously in a relationship with a thug named Rodney, but got together with Jody while the former was locked up. After reflecting on Rodney's death and how his absence endangered her and JoJo, Jody finally decides to move in with Yvette. by Jason Birchmeier. Shakur. sends Jody flying about six feet across the living room with a right hook. I am dying and people are looking at me like Im crazy lmao. Tawny Dahl as Pandora, Yvette's co-worker and a pursuer of Jody. 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. Jody : There's this psychiatrist, a lady named Frances Cress Welsing. 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. Johnson) tells him again and again, he has to grow up, move out, get a job and take care of his family. Here you will find unforgettable moments, scenes, and lines from all your favorite films. Tenn Mom Jacqulin Vail Vanished 6 Weeks Ago was last seen with her boyfriend. My broke and unemployed father is putting pressure on me to support my mother and siblings. But the characters are so full-bodied and the feelings so raw and complex that I'd call this the best thing he's done to date"[9], The film ultimately received 10 nominations at the Black Reel Awards of 2002, including Outstanding Film, and 3 nominations at 2002 NAACP Image Awards, including Outstanding Motion Picture. And at home, most disturbingly, his mother has a new boyfriend named Melvin (Ving Rhames), who has no patience with him. He was killed in the streets some time after. The black youth portrayed in the film are ripe with temerity, and I applaud John Singleton for painting it that way. John Singleton 's "Baby Boy" is a bold criticism of young black men who carelessly father babies, live off their mothers and don/t even think of looking for work. Baby Boy - Mother vs. He grew weed in the garden knowing Jodys momma didnt like it. I think she might have spoiled Jody, being that he was her youngest. He was a ex felon and on top of that, probably a killer, a woman beater and deadbeat dad. She knew she could have found someone better lol. Rostropovich was playing his cello by the Wall that no longer cast a shadow, and a million East Berliners were thronging to the West to shop with an allowance given them by West German banks! The nightmares and fantasies got annoying for me, and I believe the actors themselves did not know how the movie would end because all these different scenes were filmed. Nov 6, 2001, Box Office (Gross USA): It just vanishes. The writers didn't rely on easy solutions to problems, and people worked things out by making an effort. Flat (1.85:1), Critical Consensus: "Click" Doesnt, Ahem, Click; "Waist" Isnt Deep Enough, RT25: Celebrating 25 years of Rotten Tomatoes. She had her a good man and knew it. Johnson) sets Jody (Tyrese Gibson) straight.BUY THE MOVIE: https://www.fandangonow.com/details/movie/baby-boy-2001/1MV6f36ffc1fd07cd82260d3fe55023e861?cmp=Movieclips_YT_DescriptionWatch the best Baby Boy scenes \u0026 clips:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZbXA4lyCtqpqLHVLHmMPIzK6jn73Ld4uFILM DESCRIPTION:The story of Jody (Tyrese Gibson), a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. 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. I lie to you because I care about you." Tyrese plays Jody, a 20-year-old mama's boy that still lives with momma even though he has fathered two children and just made his girl have an abortion for another. As the film goes on, he expresses concern that he might kill someone one day, and be denied entry into Heaven once he finally passes. In schools where black students are the top performers, what are these schools doing better? Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Jurassic Park Movies Ranked By Tomatometer, RT25: Celebrating 25 Years of Rotten Tomatoes, Betty Gilpin & Co. on Deciphering Mrs. Davis, Weekend Box Office Results: Super Mario Sets Record in Its Second Weekend, Preachy and repetitive in parts, Baby Boy still manages to exude authenticity, thanks to its competent cast. 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. He likes the life he leads and doesn't consider employment as an option. Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. It was just as much as his house as hers. Directed by: John Singleton. John Singleton, Producer: Henson. He owns his own landscaping business, he has a girlfriend and he has learned to harness his temper and put things in perspective. Say Dip: Jody and Jo Jo play with a toy car and Tonio arrives in a real car. Baby Boy explores the mercurial world of black youth in America. An upset Jody argues with his mother before getting into an argument with Melvin, which ends with Melvin punching him and breaking a table. John Singleton takes the stereotypes of the culture and throws them into the real world, making for a hilarious result. Cinemark Coming Soon. We wont be able to verify your ticket today, but its great to know for the future. Horrified by Rodney's death, Jody prepares to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head, but Melvin stops him before taking the gun. I just want something to be better than I thought it would be. Rhames tries explaining the way of life to Jody, but he won't have it and Jody takes a swing at Rhames, who in turn lays him out. She is a drug addict teenager who has been trying to get sober and is still struggling with addiction. Sweetpea urges Jody to kill Rodney, but he refuses, and so Sweetpea shoots and kills Rodney himself with four shots. Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, director of photography (as Charles E. Mills), key hair stylist (as Felicia Lisa Herron), post-production supervisor (uncredited) / studio executive post-production (uncredited), second assistant director (as Tyrone Walker), second second assistant director (uncredited), supervising foley editor (as Christopher Hogan), fabrication supervisor: Masterfx (as Bill Bryan), chief lighting technician (as Eli Harris), first assistant camera (as Robert Torres), executive soundtrack producer (uncredited), assistant: Mr. Williams (as Darius M. Aubry), publicity consultant (as Cassandra O. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette (Taraji P. Henson) and Peanut (Tamara LaSeon Bass) but still lives with his own mother. Rodney then steals Yvettes money and keys from her wallet and drives off in her car to go and find Jody, whom he unsuccessfully tries to kill in a drive-by shooting. I was amazed at how gentle Jody was with Yvette. She has a theory about the black man in America. You are using an out of date browser. Romantically, he's having relationships with two women: the mother, Yvette of his son, and a new interest. $28.7M, Runtime: His characters are a little older, and he is older, too, and less forgiving. Adam's Rib: Jody beats up Peanuts new man,Jody and Peanut break up the cops arrive and Melvin talks to Jody about Adam's rib. He still lives with his mother, he has no steady job, he has children with two different women (that we know of), no car. the list goes on. However, following Shakur's murder in 1996, Singleton decided to replace Shakur with R&B artist Tyrese Gibson. Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head: Season 2, Link to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 5, Link to Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Link to RT25: Celebrating 25 Years of Rotten Tomatoes, Link to Betty Gilpin & Co. on Deciphering. He's a gangster and seems fairly proud of it, in public anyway. 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. Sharika : What you doing? When there is a thug in your house and he is on parole, here's a piece of advise, call the police. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Exploring the Spectrum of ADOS Divestment: Are There Different Tiers of Ethnic Abandonment? Real Life Writes the Plot: Tupac was supposed to play Jody, but sadly passed away in 1996, way before production went underway.As a tribute, after the casting of Tyrese Gibson in his place, Tupac was made Jody's deceased older brother, of which he owns a . Jodi Hubbard was one of Season 3's recurring characters on Mom. He's got two children by two different women, Yvette and Peanut . She is a deeply insecure, sensitive woman, which is not-so-subtly implied to be caused by Jody's regular affairs with other women, most being from her own place of work. Rodney : [From Background] Fuck your punk-ass daddy! Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. with updates on movies, TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes podcast and more. Im late to this thread but just re watched the movie and saw this. Baby Boy was released on June 27, 2001, when Taraji P. Henson was 30 years old. Jody and Juanita's late brother and son, respectively. This is the man that we should all be learning from. Sweet Pea: I'm not going to use the b-word. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. In Season 3's "Diabetic Lesbians and a Blushing Bride", Jodi tells the girls that she is with Travis Sullivan, who has been clean for six . If people could just learn to stand on their own two feet, then they wouldn't be in some of the predicaments that they are. Unfortunately, Juanita's son Jody isn't prepared to let that happen. Jody and Yvette watch a lion documentary then he puts her to bed. Still, it was well done overall. Jody's girlfriend and the mother of their son, Jojo. He is after all the man that gave us Boyz N The Hood. 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. Son: Juanita (A.J. (written by) Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification Produced by Music by David Arnold Cinematography by Charles Mills . There are no white people in this movie, no simplistic blaming of others; the adults in Jody's life blame him for his own troubles, and they should. Whats your thoughts on "Alone" by Nicki Minaj and Kim Petras? Johnson and Taraji P. She works closely with her two daughters, Keylie and Kammi, to raise pigs and make money. 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 rap songs from the Baby Boy soundtrack will no doubt garner the most attention, but for the most part, the numerous contemporary urban soul songs are what make this such a great album. An album of the film's score, by British composer David Arnold, was released by Varese Sarabande. Juanita had her 1st child @age 13, Jody's older brother. Dealing with the trials and tribulations of our lives is what makes us adults or what keeps us as the children that we are. 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