This is a comfort-food movie, predictable but satisfying. Also, by jumping between the late '80s and the late '90s, the film offers a treasure trove of old-school music.

| Mar 25, 2019

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 61/100 | Mar 16, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 20, 2003

Choppy coming-of-age story.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 25, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 10, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 18, 2002

It wants to be Boyz in the Hood (Boyz in the Wood) but the obscenity laced dialogue and raw objectification of woman renders it a contrite pretender more along the lines of Booty Call and Trippin.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Dec 8, 2002

Never delves much deeper into the three friends' psychology than a sitcom pilot would, though the cast try their best.

Full Review | Dec 2, 2002

A charmer, a heartfelt memoir full of the buoyant good spirits and free-wheeling fun that, say, American Pie never had.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 15, 2002

A well-intentioned exercise in humanism... but as art or a successful narrative, the movie is ultimately empty.

| Original Score: C- | Aug 26, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 61/100 | Jun 13, 2002

Heartfelt honesty and a determined refusal to resort to exploitative stereotypes help make The Wood an uncommonly uplifting experience for audiences of all races and backgrounds.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 5, 2002

Three middle-class African-American men yearn to stay forever young as they struggle with their relationships with women.

| Mar 3, 2002

An across-the-board delight featuring a spot-on ensemble cast that treats the most awkward and embarrassing moments in the rites of passage with affectionate hilarity.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 14, 2001

What are you waiting on? Go see this one!

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 14, 2001

A respectable debut.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

this film's spirit and charm overwhelmingly eclipse technical pops and sputters.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

There's a lot of good interplay between the leads, and the flashback scenes successfully evoke the '80s.

| Jan 1, 2000

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

| Original Score: B- | Jan 1, 2000