Justice for Doughboy| Boyz N' the Hood 1991 - 90s classic movie commentary/recap 

Not sure what happened to the Nia Long pop up but....The character Brandi was played by Nia Long 🙃

I’m gonna keep saying it, Dough Boy was a victim. His mother failed him from birth

I wish instead of Doughboy dying, they should’ve had him change his life and leave the hood, but sometimes that’s not the case.

If anything, Brenda saw Ricky as her meal ticket. She didn't value Doughboy because of who his father was. She clearly had some animosity towards his father and decided to take it out on him, which was part of the reason why he was the way he was. Brenda showed favoritism and it hurt Doughboy, it really did.

Angela Bassett and Lawerence Fishburn. Acting couple made in heaven

We all teared up when doughboy walked off. Doughboy didn't get enough credit for letting trey out and have no issue with it.

that scene of doughboy realizing that his brother and most black men are just another dead body in the streets and then him dying two weeks later makes me tear up every time man😞he was rlly dealt a bad hand of cards from birth

Despite growing up in the same house, Ricky was always sheltered from the dangers around them particularly by dough boy. I think that’s why he didn’t take the danger as seriously as he should’ve because since he was a kid it always worked out in the end (without acknowledging that this usually happened because of his brother).

I never understood one thing. If you’re already lying about having sex, why not just lie and say you used a condom. He got barked on for no reason 😂😂😂😂

Doughboy's mom was a poor excuse of a mother

I always felt so bad for Dough, especially in the scene where he carries his dead brother in the house and tries to comfort his distraught mother, only for her to attack and blame him for Ricky’s death.

"Ricky doesn't strike me as a critical thinker" lmao

I didn’t understand why Ricky was the golden child… he was so uneducated with books and in the streets. then he had a child that early in his life… his mom was trippin’

My heart really went to doughboy and my disappointment went to his mom Brenda. I like to think if Brenda gave him just an ounce of love maybe his life wouldn’t have been so rough: In and out of jail, becoming a gang member and then dying. When we meet both characters for the first time she’s belittling him. It’s not like he asked to be there. Plus the favoritism is sickening. Both boys could’ve been going to college, but one was neglected to the point he found acceptance in the wrong crowd.

One thing I noticed in the movie is the evolution of furious. When we are first introduced to him his house is a disaster bachelor pad. With a weight bench in the living room. What we would expect from a 20 something year old. Then as he gets older his house turns into a home. Incredible film

Thank you SO much for doing this. - I NEVER liked Dough aBoys mother. - Her treatment of him (in general), bitterness and toxic persona were significant problem

The first gun shot ended Ricky’s career. The second one ended his life.

Doughboy was the realest character. When you needed him he was there. When Ricky hit his ball took it was doughboy who tried to get it back. Ricky was talking ish and doughboy got his back. When Ricky got killed it was doughboy who avenged his death. And Brenda blamed him for Ricky’s death. He was never loved by anybody but Tre’. Doughboy had the coldest quote ‘I ain’t even got no brother, ain’t got no mother neither, she loved that fool more than she loves me.’ Your heart breaks

The day that Ricky says” I want to do something with my life alright. I want to be somebody”, is the same day that his life gets killed and that really broke me down from watching this movie.

Why was Ricky carrying that milk all that time? Tales From The Hood: "Boy musta had weak bones"

The insanity of Brenda still trying to blame Doughboy after Ricky got shot was always crazy to me. All he wanted was to grieve with her and she still snapped. Horrible mother. Sidenote.. Monster was in Doughboy's crew, the one who shot Ricky was named Ferris.

*Fun Fact: During that scene where Ferris bumped into Ricky and eventually he let off his gun, John Singleton didn't warn the actors that shots would be let off so them runnin, scared, racing to their cars & peeling off was them legit thinking it was real....*

Brenda was the real villain, if she treated both of her son equally instead of showing favoritism towards Ricky and not Doughboy, they could’ve lived a better life and Doughboy wouldn’t have to act the way he acted.

I really love how this movie was the jumpstart for so many people’s careers, including Regina King ❤️❤️❤️ (after 227 ended and this is her first role too).

Some parents really treat their kids based on how they feel about the other parent.

This movie really teaches how important a father is In his son’s life especially seeing tre and how having a father in his life affected him positively compared to dough boy and his friends , and dough boy deserved better his mother was terrible and was just picking favorites

Boyz N' the Hood is one of the most important films ever made, so much so that the Library of Congress deemed it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" enough to preverve in the national Film Registry.

It might sound fake deep, but the scratch-off is a metaphor and I think the ridiculousness of it was deliberate. It represents the possibility of never having to worry about football, joining the military, or how he’ll make it taking care of his family. His confusion over his future was so great he ignored an imminent threat to his life. That’s how and why poor people make bad decisions regardless of the unfairness of their circumstances.

The mail carrier who delivered Ricky's test scores was the director, the late great John Singleton (RIP)

Both Brenda and that self hating cop were the true pieces of garbage in that film. Especially within the case of Brenda being a mother who favors one son while putting down the other. Favoritism is truly an ugly thing to practice. If she didn't like the Doughboy's papa, keep that energy for him and him only. Not Doughboy. Now she has to live with the thought of losing two sons. Ricky himself should be more grateful to have a brother like Dough instead of being a dick to him moments before he lost his life. As always I'm glad that you picked this movie to review which was a true hood classic. In fact I remember watching the vhs tape for this movie where John Singleton was giving a public announcement type of message about the consequences of living a very foul lifestyle before the beginning of the movie. Those are one of the things I miss about living in the 90s. Great times indeed. Speaking of the clue, it's Menace II Society. I can't wait to see that. You should check out either Showgirls(1995) which talks about evil, shady elements of competing for the spot of being a top star in a Las Vegas show and 187(1997), that movie where Samuel L. Jackson played a high school teacher suffering from PTSD. That movie also showed how teachers truly don't get enough respect as they should and fun fact, a teacher wrote the film.

No denying in a movie (except for What Loves Got To Do With It) Angela and Lawrence together as the leading adults make me feel like the younger characters are going to be alright in the end.

Lovehate relationship with this movie and many of our 90s classics, just pure black trauma with a sprinkle of knowledge-i can only watch it like once a year if that but its real, cant deny that

As much as I love this movie, it’s hard to watch as an adult knowing that Brenda emotionally neglected Doughboy (also verbally abused him too). Her favoritism towards Rickey didn’t save him nor Doughboy. This movie and Poetic Justice are in a cinematic universe I’m convinced. It’s a full circle moment for both Regina King and Angela Bassett since they starred in the same movie again, that time playing sisters (How Stella Got Her Groove Back. Hopefully you can review that movie in the future ❤️❤️❤️).

I bet she rolled over and went back to sleep when she was told doughboy had died 😒

They used to tell ppl that drinking milk built strong bones. With him being a football player, I’m pretty sure that’s why he’s walking around with the milk carton lol

My favorite scene in the whole movie is when Tre wanting retaliation on Ferris for killing Ricky and meets Furious coming out his room after grabbing the gun and they have that heart to heart. "Give me the MFkin Gun Tre"! One of the most iconic scenes in Black Cinema!

How Cuba looking older then Laurence….. that’s what I always think when I watch this film. Also Laurence was super fine in this film ❤

The part where Doughboy is expressing how he feels and walking away into...fading away hurts to see and makes me cry sometimes because it felt like some metaphor of..him heading towards his death. Its like that weird feeling you get before you see somebody and you're hoping so bad that it wont be the last time you see that person...but somehow it is 😕. Im sorry if that sounded dramatic.

Another John Singleton's classic (RIP🕊️)

Thank you, I always had these thoughts about this movie. Ricky only had football and nothing else but his moms support and Doughboy had street smarts, book sense and emotionally mature. He’s the victim of the story.

22:44 cube handled all Ricky’s problems like from the football to the get back. Including the push at the car show like cube honestly keep Ricky untouched till this point in his life.

It’s crazy watching this movie over again as an adult, just to see how many odds Doughboy & Ricky I had stacked against them with their mom being just terrible (mainly to Doughboy) and Trey, who was blessed enough to have two mature emotionally, mentally stable parents whose lessons helped him out in the end.

the dude in the wheelchair going joe swanson speed in the chase at 12:45 just sent me 🤣🤣🤣

I so love this movie. I hate that DoughBoy died but that was one of the most realistic outcomes living in LA and gang banging at that time. In an alternate universe I see DoughBoy going to jail then getting out, going to college at Columbus University as Fudge from Higher Learning lol

You skipped over how Ricki made a 701 score on his SAT. He passed.

Ain't nothing new, mothers are still treating one child like Doughboy despite them not even being in the streets.

Why am I just now noticing this is Ike and Tina? 😂😂😂

Whew!!! You said it all! Doughboy definitely deserved the love and attention that his brother Ricky received. I’m glad he saw his mother Brenda for what she is…ain’t ish. She should’ve had the skeeza or maybe a toxic sticker. Unrelated but Snowfall’s last episode paid homage to Boyz in the Hood which ties together so perfectly! Even though Doughboy didn’t mistreat his mom, I noticed how his mistreatment of other women is basically a byproduct of how his mom treated him. Furious was the father that a lot of the kids needed. He was Hotep before the woke culture became popular. Sad enough how many good movies continue to prove that violence begets violence. I think I saw the girl who played Damita from Class Act (I hope you have that movie on your list). Excellent analysis as always. I think I know your hint: M2S

Honestly I watched this a year ago, my first time as an adult and I cried at reading about Doughboys death. I really felt more for him than Ricky, to be raised in the same home by the same mother and yet not have the same home and a different mother was incredible.

When Ricky's girlfriend hit that first scream , gets me everytime

The knocking boots part had me 😂😂😂😂

The Ricky scene and Dough Boy with his mom always brings tears to my eyes. Even watching this reaction. So sad.

90s and 2000s hood films will always be my fav type to watch

Seeing DB fade out is just as heartbreaking as seeing the guys fade out in Life. That shit hits HARD

That "stomach just sour" line killed🤣 but a few things to point out that were overlooked is the guy the who bumped Ricky was named Ferris the Monster guy (big dude in the sunglasses) is part of Ice Cube crew, he bumped Ricky, almost hit Tre with his car and generally antagonized them because he was from crenshaw mafia and Ice Cube and his friends were Rollin 60s also it was pointed out to me when I older was that the reason their mother got mad at Doughboy and assumed he had something to do with Ricky's death was apparently the mother was always aware of his drug/gang ties and assumed his brother was killed in retaliation because of something he'd done but it doesn't excuse her constant criticism of him throughout his short life and had she not always been so hard on him and behaved differently herself she would've had a friend in Furious who could've helped guide both of sons especially Doughboy in the right path because like you said he wasn't stingy with his knowledge and was willing to share it with anyone who'd listen

Brenda spoiled Ricky rotten. I thought she loved him because he played football, and was her ticket out, but you pointed out that she loved him more as a boy, too.

*Every time I see the clip of the scene where Ricky is fatally shot, i'm amazed at the actor that did it & what him accepting this movie role did for him.......... IYKYK*

Great movie and deep dive, I see some comments about Doughboy's Mom (true she added so damage to him raising and plus she's traumatized by whatever Dough's father did) but in reality it's his father leaving them in a fatherless home. Dough got the brutal mental anguish from his mom but never realized SHE was left to raised her sons alone! Singleton drove it home with this movie and that a boy needs his father to teach him how to be a man in this crazy world.

Rest in peace to all the dough boys that passed away your heroes in yall own ways

Lance from the best man is what ricky could have been if he wasn't killed

That Officer iss called officer self hatred 😂😂

Boyz N The Hood (1991) is one of the most greatest hood movies of all time. The story, performance's, direction, music, and cinematography was spectacular and phenomenal. It also gives a insightful and articulate representation of police brutality, racial equality, sex, drugs, gangs, violence, motivational, powerful, and inspirational life messages. It was decent and to this day I still watch it. Boyz N The Hood (1991) is a true blue ultimate masterpiece in cinema. John Singleton directed a classic that will be in our hearts forever. It never gets old. 😍😎💯👍

The whole reason why Ricky dies is such a seemingly stupid but sad reason. The movie takes place in 84, and in Cali during the 80s (well since the 70s), there's been a rival between two gangs, The Rollin' 60'S Crips and the Crenshaw Mafia Bloods. During the scene at the street party, you'll notice that Ricky's wearing a **BLUE** LETTERMAN JACKET. While we know that ofc, he's wearing his school uniform jacket, the other guys who are Bloods, notice it and falsely assume he was a part of the 60s Crips. I truly believe this issue could've been stop had it not been for Dough flashing his piece, and not resulted in Ricky's death. However, if they were truly gunning for Dough they would've got him, or if they were just coming for the group, Tre mostly likely would've gotten killed too. It's all because of a stupid blue jacket that leads Ricky to be the victim of gang violence.

In college I did a movie character analysis on this and decided choosing “Tre”(Cuba Gooding He’s Character), but while watching, I soon realized how more interesting Dough Boy’s character is and the conflict between him and his mother during the film. I feel like a lot of people that watch movies tend to overshadow these type of things because they are more focused on the main character’s “story”. In this movie, I really didn’t find Tre’s character interesting at all. I understand that he’s supposed to be the more “woke” friend, but honestly his character didn’t really show too many moments where he was “woke” at all.

18:06 I love this scene. “Don't think you special. You may be cute, but you ain't special” I still use that line today 😂 Lawrence and Angela made such a great movie couple.

Girl I am screaming. No shade at all, cause it do be hard out here, but why it took Tre mom damn near 10 years to find that job?! 😭😭😭

When I saw Brenda and Ricky wearing the same colors with on point coordination many years later, that part really freaked me out. To be rigorously honest, If Ricky wasn’t Brenda’s son, he definitely would be the ideal husband candidate. No doubt about that. Lord have mercy on my soul. SMH. Sigh

“Poor lil tink tink” Imma start saying that 😂 this is hands down one of my fav movies and I can quote this movie verbatim

That’s what my mother did to my nephew. She was all lovey dovey to him when he was a kid but when he became a teenager she treated him like that mother toward Doughboy. My nephew did get into trouble with the law but he has been trying to do better. I am the only one who gives him encouragement and positive attitude toward him. My mother and my sisters (one of them is my nephew’s mother) talk shitty to him.

Doughboy was never given a fair chance the mother took out her mistakes on him and it wasn’t fair to him at all everything he did was for her attention and love when she let the cops lock him up for stealing snacks let it be known how she didn’t love him

Girl I tear up at the end as well. This movie all in all was so damn sad. Brenda was absolutely trash.

Oh I really like this movie. I mean I like menace II society more, but I think that this is such a good movie. Also it’s weird seeing Morris Chestnut with hair 😂😂

For me, it's a little difficult to take this movie seriously because I watched the Wayans Brothers parody movie on this first and it ruined it for me 😂🤡😂

I cry after the doughboy monologue too 😭

Classic movie Ricky pretty much got killed for no reason he wasn’t about that life and he was trying to get out of the hood and was going to get into college

Another fire upload! 🔥 I’d like to think that in an alternate universe, Doughboy lived, got away from the hood early on, and went to college where he became super senior Fudge in Higher Learning lol

Sometimes a man and a women will treat their children based on the relationship, and in the manner of how they feel about the mother or the father of their children.

Thank you for bringing us this review. This movie is the quintessential hood classic. This was the first coming of age movie i first saw this in theaters at the age of 10 years old while i was visiting family in Fresno, California. Rewatching this as an adult i realize that Ricky wasn’t street smart due to him being coddled by his mother. He laughed at Trey when Trey told him that he was afraid to have sex, he was scared when Furious took them to Compton & he didn’t take Ferris & his crew serious when they coming for him. Brenda favoritism towards Ricky did more damage to Doughboy than the hood ever did & Brenda lost both of her sons as a result of her favoritism. The scene when the self hating crusty lip ass cop pull the gun on Trey gave me chills. Of course the scene when Ricky was killed & when Doughboy avenged Ricky’s death gave me chills as well. Fun Facts: Will Smith was offered the role of Trey but declined due to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Tyrin Turner auditioned for the role of Trey. He said he did the scene when Trey was punching the air & he learned that in Hollywood they tell you anything. They told him he got the role & he didn’t. Prior to this movie Tyra Ferrell was on the short lived show Pryor’s Place, she was also in New Edition’s My Secret video, School Daze & The Mighty Quinn. Cuba Gooding Jr. appeared on Amen & Coming To America. Little Ricky was played by Dovonan Mccrary, he’s the younger brother of Darius Mccrary (Eddie Winslow from Family Matters). The girl who called Doughboy a bitch was in Ice Cube’s Today Was A Good Day video. Sad facts: A lot of the cast have passed away such as Jessie Ferguson the self hating cop, Derick Gobert, the dude who sucked on the pacifier, he was killed by a rival gang at a car race, Lexie Bigham, the dude eho who gave Ricky his football back died in a car accident, Lloyd Avery II, the dude who killed Ricky. He was murdered in prison. He left the suburbs to gang bang. He begin living out the roles he portrayed & Whitman Mayo (Grady from Sanford & Son). Next week’s review is another one of my favorite movies & a hood classic Menace II Society. Can we please get reviews on the following movies: Cooley High New Jack City South Central Fresh New Jersey Drive Roll Bounce ATL Dope

You never miss! I love this RU-vid channel!

Furious Styles reminds me so much of my father. Sigh. SMH. He was and still is powerful figure in my life. He’s now well into his 70s and still full of life and beautiful knowledge.

My favorite part is the part about gentrification. Pure facts!

I love this channel. You really be breaking these movies down and the commentary is just magic!

My parents had this on Laserdisc. Im old af, anyways, this movie was genuinely a horror movie to me. I remember closing my eyes and ears when the ricky scene and the retaliation from doughboy scene. Like it terrified the hell outta me

Maybe Ricky being a young athlete on the football team was why he was snacking so much and drinking milk in the movie. Not all Black people are lactose intolerant. Don't forget, Ricky was a "good guy", so he wasn't gonna be drinking 40's like everybody else in the hood.

I honestly thought Doughboy was smarter and more mature than Ricki and would have gone even further. Doughboy was closer to Tre in mentality ( maybe even smarter ) than Ricki was..

Trey had the Gordon cartrell shirt the shirt Theo had Denise make lol

"Black police showing out for the white cop" ~Ice Cube

I love this film, it is a timeless classic. I have some thoughts about Ricky and the mother. How is Ricky a golden child, but he is a teen dad? I wanted to know the mother's reaction to that because, had that been Doughboy, she would have kicked him out of the house and not raise her grandchild. At least Doughboy had some sense to not get any woman pregnant. How is Ricky's father any different from Doughboy's father? They are both deadbeat dads, so why doesn't she emotionally abuse Ricky and Doughboy? Movie Recommendations: 1. Dangerous Minds 2. How Stella Got Her Groove Back 3. She's All That 4. Menace 2 Society 5. Above the Rim

22:46 Ice Cube actually got a star on the Hollywood walk of fame back in 2017.

Furious was a damn good father.

Monster is Doughboy's top dog and the trigger man. Ferris is the coward blood driving through the set repeatedly.

You should probably check out a deleted scene, when furious styles had a conversation with doughboy. It’s a powerful scene that shouldn’t have been deleted.

The soundtrack is absolutely 🔥

1. Good goobily goop, Laurence was fine!!!! Was he always that fine!?!? 2. This hit one way as a kid, another way as an adult and a whole different way as a hood teacher. The sheer anger and language some of these younguns express towards reach other is so real. I *stay* chastising, redirecting and breaking up so many fights. 3. I also agree what Cube doesn't get enough credit for his acting here. It's easy to think that he was just being himself (as I did for years), but now I really see the depth in this role. Too bad he's a conservative nuthugger now... 4. For all the Ricky/Doughboy's mamas in the hood (and I've met a ton of 'em), there are many Revas and Furiouses as well - hard-working, well-meaning parents who want and expect the best out of their kids (though some of them are a bit delusional to their children's strengths/behavior). For all the talk about "no men" in the Black community, I meet and converse with plenty of Black dads, uncles, brothers, etc. Perhaps there's a dearth of cohabitating and/or traditional marriage, but coparenting is still alive and (somewhat) well. Fun fact: this is one of three films Angela and Laurence were in together. The 2nd was What's Love Got to Do with It and the the 3rd was Akeelah and the Bee.

I always thought Cuba was wrong for this part. For 1 he looks the same age as Lawrence Fishburn (about 36). And 2 he is not as fine as he is talked up in the movie.

I remember when I first saw this movie too. I didn’t know what I was watching because I was younger, but when I watched it as an adult, the message behind this movie is a lot clearer. Crazy thing is, what happened in this movie is still going on today 30 years later. FYI, John Singleton was the mail man that gave Brenda Ricky’s test scores.

Oh! This movie is a classic! I’ve watched this movie so many times & I was sad for Doughboy. 😢 he deserved better. Thank you for another great review ❤❤

Omg notice how doughboy was also the most disrespectful to the women. Calling them b’s Ho’s and so on. I imagine it’s because of how his mother was so cruel to him, which then manifests into a hate for women in adulthood. His mother tore him to pieces growing up and this happens to a lot of black men. They grow up having a narcissistic mother and subconsciously translate that to hate for women. Or no real respect for women.

Ah, it's Regina King back at it again. She was good in Poetic Justice so it's nice to see her here once again.

The H Town part !!!!!! Lol ❤❤❤❤