The movie’s hero, who will probably excel in college and in a profession, if he lives to get that far, is an intelligent 17-year-old named Tre Styles (Cuba Gooding Jr.). The film is not only important, but also a joy to watch, because his camera is so confident and he wins such natural performances from his actors. Singleton is a director who brings together two attributes not always found in the same film: He has a subject, and he has a style.
TREY BOYZ N THE HOOD MOVIE
The movie is a thoughtful, realistic look at a young man’s coming of age, and also a human drama of rare power - Academy Award material. These are the stark choices in John Singleton’s “Boyz N the Hood,” one of the best American films of recent years.
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But there is always the possibility that words will lead to insults, that insults will lead to a need to “prove their manhood,” that with guns everywhere, somebody will be shot dead. They've known each other for years - and have steered clear, more or less, of the gangs which operate in the neighborhood. As he grows into his teens, his best friends are half-brothers, one an athlete, the other drifting into drugs and alcohol.