Film

The Wood 1999

Directed by Rick Famuyiwa

  • Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • 106 min
  • R

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

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.

ComedyDramaRomancecaliforniamale friendshipnostalgiaflashbackweddinggroom1980scold feetafrican americanreminiscentromanticadmiring

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Nostalgic, intimate, warm and character-led.

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  • intimateepic
  • warmbleak
  • character-ledplot-driven
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