The Wood (1999)

The Wood: Directed by Rick Famuyiwa. With Elayn J. Taylor, Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones, Sean Nelson. While dealing with a friend’s cold feet on his wedding day, a writer reminisces about his youth with his best friends.

“This is the type of film that you can just sit back and enjoy. The male leads(Diggs, Epps and Jones) have chemistry as well as their young counterparts. The plot is simple and easy to follow. Roland(Diggs) is about to get married, but chickens out and goes over an old girlfriends house instead.Then Mike(Epps) and Slim(Jones) are sent over there to go get him before the wedding. While getting him sobered up, Mike reminisced on when they first met. This movie is better than movies of the same theme(The Best Man, The Brothers, etc.) because the male leads are more likable and less one dimensional, although Rolands reasons for not wanting to get married arenu0026#39;t explained enough. Also, the girl that plays young Alicia is way too old for the role.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBottom line, the narrative by Epps is good and itu0026#39;s not riddled with stereotypes. Also, the 80u0026#39;s soundtrack is great and this is an entertaining movie. 7/10”