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Baby Boy   2001         R, 128 min. Genre: Drama Director: John Singleton   Cast: Tyrese Gibson, Taraji P. Henson, Omar Gooding, Tamara Bass, Candy Brown Houston, Anthony Johnson, Ving Rhames, Angell Conwell, Kareem Grimes, Tracey Cherelle Jones   Complex characters are presented in this companion piece to "Boyz N the Hood." Tyrese Gibson takes on the role of man-child Jody, an African-American, who still lives with his mother despite fathering two babies by two different women: Yvette (Taraji P. Henson) and Peanut (Tamara Bass). Events take a turn when Yvette's boyfriend, Melvin (Ving Rhames), moves in, and Yvette decides she has had enough of Jody's "baby boy" ways.