The Wood (1999)
The movie shows a writer’s memories which he thinks about while dealing with his friend’s cold feet at his wedding day.
12 November 1974, Pasadena, California, USA
19 March 1976, Los Angeles, California, USA
23 September 1966, Chicago, Illinois, USA
16 December 1965, Los Angeles, California, USA
7 December 1970, Detriot, Michigan, USA
1954, Helena, Montana, USA
13 August 1961, Brooklyn, New York, USA
12 October 1970, Houston, Texas, USA
14 April 1975, Chicago, Illinois, USA
9 May 1980, Bronx, New York, USA
28 October 1948, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3 December 1975, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
1979
27 September 1979, Panorama City, California, USA
20 July 1973, Brooklyn, New York, USA
20 September 1980, Houston, Texas, USA
2 January 1971, Newark, New Jersey, USA
August 26, 2002
A well-intentioned exercise in humanism... but as art or a successful narrative, the movie is ultimately empty.
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.
March 03, 2002
Three middle-class African-American men yearn to stay forever young as they struggle with their relationships with women.
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
Artificial, tension-free.
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.
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.
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.
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
Inane coming-of-age comedy.
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.
April 25, 2003
Choppy coming-of-age story.
