Some jokes hit and others miss, but the laughter, camaraderie and warmth will keep you smiling as much as it did the first time around.
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Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
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Reviews Counted:115
Fresh:79
Rotten:36
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: The humor is less sharp and more warm-hearted this time around, and the characters are enjoyable to revisit.
Theatrical Release:Feb 6, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $64,955,956
Synopsis: Take a seat, sit back, and get ready for another haircut: Calvin opens up shop once again in Barbershop 2: Back in Business, a sequel to the original comedy smash hit. Ice Cube, Cedric the... [More]
Starring: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Eve, Sean Patrick Thomas
Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan
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Reviews for Barbershop 2: Back in Business
“Barbershop 2” shows a maturity over the original, making it a worthy sequel.
02/06/04
Twice the amount of Cedric makes this twice as funny as the original!
02/06/04
Heartstrings will be tugged and ribs tickled, particularly thanks to Cedric the Entertainer.
02/06/04
Top CriticIt's a warm, often funny reunion of the sassiest, chattiest characters ever to buzz a brother's head.
02/06/04
Top CriticJust as sharply funny and as heartwarming, yet unsentimental, as the first.
02/06/04
A showcase for the loose, occasionally very funny, give-and-take between instantly recognizable characters.
02/06/04
The connection between the still-potent issues of the civil rights movement and the rich vs. poor economic disparities that continue today -- although 'The Man' could now be either black or white -- gives Barbershop genuine potency.
02/06/04
Top CriticIt's the chemistry between all the characters, which has deepened since the first movie, that makes Barbershop 2 worth watching despite its sluggish, sometimes sloppy pace.
02/06/04
It's still funny and warm and neighborly inside Calvin's barbershop; it's just a little predictable as soon as you step outside.
02/06/04
As fragmented and heavy-handed as the first installment was smart, funny and, yes, at times unexpectedly sweet.
02/06/04
Top CriticWarmhearted and surprisingly ambitious.
02/06/04
Top CriticAs long as it is simply being a barbershop, the gab has a razor-cut charm.
02/06/04
A dutiful mood -- call it sequelitis -- has descended on the place.
02/06/04
Top CriticEasily the first film's equal, if not an improvement.
02/06/04
Although it lacks the freshness of the original film, Barbershop 2 is still enjoyable and often laugh-out-loud funny.
02/06/04
The sequel is like year two of a once-promising sitcom -- when the characters are methodically stripped of the edges that made them interesting in the first place.
02/06/04
As in the original film, it's the chemistry among the actors that really counts. And fortunately, the filmmakers have reassembled the terrific cast.
02/06/04
A sequel that sacrifices the chat for storytelling -- following exactly the wrong vein of raw materials.
02/06/04
It isn't a bad hair day, just a limp, uninspired one.
02/06/04
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