The Wood (1999)
This movie is the amalgamation of the memories of a writer and how he gets reminded of his old days with friends while he was managing his friend’s cold feet at his wedding day.
26 September 1981, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
16 December 1965, Los Angeles, California, USA
21 June 1989, Kings County, California, USA
23 September 1966, Chicago, Illinois, USA
27 September 1979, Panorama City, California, USA
March 03, 2002
Three middle-class African-American men yearn to stay forever young as they struggle with their relationships with women.
January 01, 2000
Even the charismatic Epps can't bail out a script that lacks tension, too often substitutes high-fives for dialogue or action and calls for farce scenes that used to get 'em rolling in the stone aisles of ancient Greece.
April 25, 2003
Choppy coming-of-age story.
December 02, 2002
Never delves much deeper into the three friends' psychology than a sitcom pilot would, though the cast try their best.
January 01, 2000
Inane coming-of-age comedy.
October 15, 2002
A charmer, a heartfelt memoir full of the buoyant good spirits and free-wheeling fun that, say, American Pie never had.
January 01, 2000
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.
August 26, 2002
A well-intentioned exercise in humanism... but as art or a successful narrative, the movie is ultimately empty.
January 01, 2000
Artificial, tension-free.
June 05, 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.
December 08, 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.
February 14, 2001
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.
