Baby Boy (2001)
Baby Boy (2001)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Alexsandra Wright
Woman Inside
Tyrese Gibson
Joseph Summers
Taraji P. Henson
Yvette
Omar Gooding
Sweetpea
Tamara LaSeon Bass
Peanut
Candy Ann Brown
Ms. Herron
Kareem J. Grimes
Do Dirty
A.J. Johnson
Juanita
Ving Rhames
Melvin 'Mel'
Tracey Cherelle Jones
Sharika
Mo'Nique
Patrice
Snoop Dogg
Rodney
Angell Conwell
Kim
John Singleton
Director
Liris Crosse
Receptionist
Juanita Jennings
Rachel
David Arnold
Composer
Tawny Dahl
Pandora
Charles Mills
Cinematographer
Bruce Cannon
Editor
Kym Whitley
Host
Freez Luv
Cake Man
Kimberly Hardin
CastingDirector
DeJuan Guy
Looney Toon
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 27, 2001
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 10m
Content RatingR
Budget$16,000,000
Box Office$29,381,649
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Wiki.
Baby Boy is a 2001 American coming-of-age hood drama film directed, written, and produced by John Singleton and starring Tyrese Gibson, Snoop Dogg, Ving Rhames, Omar Gooding, A.J. Johnson and Taraji P. Henson. The film follows Joseph "Jody" Summers (Gibson), a 20-year-old bike mechanic as he lives and learns in his everyday life in the hood of Los Angeles.
The film was originally written with rapper-actor Tupac Shakur in mind to play Jody; Shakur had previously worked with Singleton on Poetic Justice. However, following Shakur's murder in 1996, Singleton decided to replace Shakur with R&B artist Tyrese Gibson. Additionally, the role of Rodney was originally written for Ice Cube, who had worked with Singleton on Boyz n the Hood and Higher Learning. The film marked the feature acting debut of Gibson and provided Henson with her first prominent role.
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. The film is also the final feature film written by Singleton as he did not write any of his later feature-length directorial projects before his death in April 2019.