Baby Boy

Academy Award®-nominated director John Singleton (Boyz N The Hood) returns to the same inner-city L.A. neighborhood and its complex social and political issues to tell the story of Jody (Tyrese Gibson), a misguided 20-year-old African American boy-child who is finally forced—kicking and screaming—to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and job-free, he has not only fathered two children by two different women, but still lives with his own mother. Unable to find direction in his chaotic life, he must also contend with his volatile best friend, Sweetpea (Omar Gooding), while adapting to the changes brought on by the household’s newest addition, his mother’s new boyfriend, reformed O.G. Melvin (Ving Rhames). Inevitably, on a journey filled with violence, romance, tears and laughter, Jody must face Melvin, both his “baby mamas,” a new adversary, Rodney (Snoop Dogg), and his own fears of adulthood if he wants to escape the life of a baby boy.