Barbershop is a cozy place to hang out for a while, even if you don't need a little off the sides.
Barbershop (2002)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:27
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: Besides bringing on the laughs, Barbershop displays a big heart and demonstrates the value of community.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for language, sexual content and brief drug references
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Sep 13, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $75,074,950
Synopsis:
Barbershop is a smart comedy about a day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin (Ice Cube), who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop...
Barbershop is a smart comedy about a day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin (Ice Cube), who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.
Calvin's barbershop is filled with an eclectic and hilarious cast of characters that share their stories, jokes, trials and tribulations. In the shop we find Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer), an old barber with strong opinions and no customers. Jimmy (Sean Patrick Thomas) is a highly educated barber with a superiority complex who can't stand Isaac (Troy Garity), the new, white barber who just wants a shot at cutting some hair. Ricky is an ex-con with two strikes against him and is desperately trying to stay straight. Terri (rap star Eve, making her feature film debut) is a hard-edged woman who can't seem to leave her two-timing boyfriend. And lastly there's Dinka, a fellow barber who is madly in love with Terri but doesn't get the time of day.
Ice Cube leads an all-star cast, including Anthony Anderson, in a touching comedy about one day in and around the barbershop.
-- © 2002 MGM Pictures
Starring: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve
Starring: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Jazsmin Lewis, Troy Garrity, Anthony Anderson
Director: Tim Story
Director: Tim Story
Screenwriter: Mark Brown, Don D. Scott
Producer: George Tillman, Robert Teitel
Composer: Terence Blanchard
Studio: MGM/UA
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Reviews for Barbershop
The movie's heart is in the right place, which generates enough warmth to make one root for it.
A flat-out hilarious ensemble comedy that probably made me laugh out loud more than any other movie this year.
As a slapstick adventure, Barbershop is unfunny and unoriginal. But as a character-driven drama, Barbershop works well, with its quirky, sweet characters and authentic dialogue.
Amid the new populist comedies that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community, one would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger, fatter heart than Barbershop.
By far the most mature film to come down the pike in which the name 'Cube' appears more than once in the credits.
This feature debut from Tim Story would have been much better had it proceeded on a much smaller scale, with fewer barbers and more time to develop the relationships between them.
A broad, very funny, unexpectedly graceful comedy of character and community.
What makes Barbershop so likable, with all its flaws, is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies.
If nothing significant gets settled in the rambling barbershop conversations, at least many issues are aired, and by the end, in classic sitcom fashion, all problems have been solved.
The movie's quiet affirmation of neighborhood values gives it an honest, lived-in glow.
Uneven at times, Barbershop wins you over through random moments of vitality and joy.
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