The Wood

A man who's uncertain about the biggest step forward of his life steps back to take a look at his younger days in this comedy/drama. Roland (Taye Diggs) is a few hours away from getting married, and he is starting to have second thoughts; as much as he loves his fiancée, he can't stop thinking about ...more

The Wood is a comedy divided into two ill-fitting halves: the good one, which takes place in the nostalgic 1980s and features unknown actors, and the bad one, a modern-day wedding disaster in which three rising stars show lackluster chemistry. The good one, however, is reason enough to recommend the movie. With Sean Nelson, the talented young actor who carried Fresh (1994), setting the pace, the flashback trio display an effortless joshing camaraderie, just one of the details of an Inglewood ...more