Baby Boy (2001) on Netflix
Joseph "Jody" Summers, 20, lives with his mother Juanita in South Central Los Angeles and has two children by two women. Her ex-con boyfriend Melvin moves in, and Jody challenges him.
- Netflix3.9/5
- IMDb6.5/1018,901 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes71%
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Plot summary
Jody Summers is 20 and works as a bike mechanic in South Central Los Angeles. He has fathered two children by two women: Yvette, the mother of his son JoJo, and Peanut, the mother of his daughter Lil' Nut. He lives at his mother Juanita's house, sees other women behind Yvette's back, and avoids her question about whether he will move in with her and JoJo. Juanita has begun dating Melvin, an ex-convict who moves into her house, and Jody challenges him at every turn. Yvette's ex-boyfriend Rodney comes back to the neighborhood after his release from San Quentin State Prison.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Baby Boy (2001)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- John Singleton wrote the lead role of Jody for Tupac Shakur, who had worked with him on Poetic Justice, but recast the part with Tyrese Gibson after Shakur was murdered in 1996.
- The role of Rodney was originally written for Ice Cube, who had worked with Singleton on Boyz n the Hood and Higher Learning, before the part went to someone else.
- Baby Boy turned out to be the last feature film John Singleton ever wrote, since he did not write any of his subsequent directorial projects before he died in April 2019.
- The soundtrack's single "Just a Baby Boy," performed by Snoop Dogg with Tyrese and Mr. Tan, reached #90 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the full album climbed to #41 on the Billboard 200.
- On a $16 million budget, Baby Boy opened to $8.6 million across 1,533 theaters and went on to earn $29.4 million overall, more than covering its production cost.
