The Wood

The Wood

1999 · 106 min · EN · R · 6.7 (121 votes)
Dir. Rick Famuyiwa · Starring Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones, Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, LisaRaye McCoy, De'Aundre Bonds · Music Robert Hurst

“From boyhood to manhood, you can always count on your best friends.”

ComedyDramaRomance

In the panicky, uncertain hours before his wedding, a groom with prenuptial jitters and his two best friends reminisce about growing up together in the middle-class African-American neighborhood of Inglewood, California. Flashing back to the twenty-something trio's childhood exploits, the memories capture the mood and nostalgia of the '80s era.

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A warm, funny, and deeply nostalgic trip back to the 80s. It captures the bittersweet ache of growing up and the enduring power of male friendship, all wrapped in a wedding day's anxieties.

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