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Of Boys and Men

  • 20082008
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 30m
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6.4/10
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Of Boys and Men (2008)
Drama
Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family member must find courage and vision to car... Read allRobert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family member must find courage and vision to carry on, ultimately eager to do the mother proud.Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family member must find courage and vision to carry on, ultimately eager to do the mother proud.
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    • Carl Seaton
    • Michelle Amor(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Robert Townsend
    • Angela Bassett
    • Victoria Rowell
    • Carl Seaton
    • Michelle Amor(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Robert Townsend
    • Angela Bassett
    • Victoria Rowell
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    • Holden Cole
    Angela Bassett
    Angela Bassett
    • Rieta Cole
    Victoria Rowell
    Victoria Rowell
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    Faizon Love
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    Vince Green
    • Terrell
    Bobb'e J. Thompson
    Bobb'e J. Thompson
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    Dante Boens
    • Z
    Scott Baity Jr.
    • Deshon
    Sharde Cole
    • Mikayla
    Yahaira Tarr
    • Ariel
    Cynthia Kaye McWilliams
    Cynthia Kaye McWilliams
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    Brian 'Da Wildcat' Smith
    • Clayvon
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    Kevin R. Kelly
    Kevin R. Kelly
    • Tom Stallworth
    • (as Kevin Kelly)
    Hashim Brown
    • Wood
    Ja'mal Green
    • Trevon
    Kendall Mack
    • Fizz
    Maisha Parsons
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      • Michelle Amor(screenplay)
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    7/10
    Good movie that has its moments at pretension at greatest
    At the beginning, the movie is average to slightly below average, it has an explosively good middle, and, again, it returns back to this average to slightly below average ending.

    Holden(Townsend) is distraught by the accidental, vehicular killing of his wife, Rietta(Bassett), but mostly holds it together around others. His baby sister, Janay(Rowell), helps him through the sudden loss. Holden and Ri have 3 kids: an older son who has a college graduation eminent(who has an unnoteworthy part; they don't even show him grieving his mom's loss), a much younger middle son nickamed Z(narrates the movie, the movie revolves around him and the people that he knows that are also appear in movie, and his friends/acquaintances add meat to the story), and a youngest daughter(who, like the eldest son, is insignificant). Janay plays her part so well that she seems more like Holden's oldest sister, aunt, or mother rather than the baby sister. She is that critical piece that knows just what to do--whoever has a problem! But, then again, she seems to be a practicing Christian and God will lead us to what we need to say, do, or--in most situations--what we desire of Him(putting the desire of your heart verse side by side with there's a time and a season for all things verse leads me to believe that there is a time to have the windows of heaven close occasionally and; whereas, that scripture from the NT leads me to believe that almost every time that a Christian asks having the key to unlock a certain blessing from the kingdom of heaven, then it will be unlocked. Sometimes, that's fasting and prayer and/ or love)! My point is simply that--if she was a born-again Christian--then I could definitely see where she would know exactly what to say and do! So, Janay played the Christian role well and it was well written! Z runs into a combo of criminal trouble and rebellion after his mom's death--which forces him to mature before it's too late! Z's friend gets molested by a his mom's boyfriend. Holden both flashes back about Ri and imagines her throughout!

    Now, the fight scene lacked really good acting; it looked like cheap wrestling rather than an actually fight. The basketball camera work was one of the worst that I ever seen! Plus, the basketball kids' playing basketball scenes were not well done.
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      • Near West Side, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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