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Barbershop 2: Back in Business

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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.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for language, sexual material and brief drug references

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Comedies

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... 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 Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Troy Garity, Michael Ealy, and Leonard Earl Howze - they're still cutting hair and cutting up in Calvin's shop on the South Side of Chicago, with Oscar®-nominee Queen Latifah joining the fun as Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop next door, and Kenan Thompson stepping in as a rookie trying to earn his clippers. In Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Calvin (Ice Cube) has gotten over his money troubles and is no longer in danger of losing his shop - but his neighborhood is in danger of losing its identity. Intent on "regentrifying" the South Side, a money-hungry corporation is moving into the community with coffee bars, video stores, and a big-name haircut chain, and the area's "mom and pop" establishments are in danger of losing their hometown advantage. While juggling changing situations, new loves, and looking for ways to better their lives, Calvin and his crew have to take a stand to keep the South Side and its businesses in the family. And of course, the crew still has time for its signature Barbershop discussions - outrageous, explosive, and hilarious. The world changes and so do hairdos, but some things never go out of style - you can still say anything at the barbershop. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures is proud to present Barbershop 2: Back in Business, a State Street Pictures and Cube Vision production. Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan, the film stars Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Troy Garity, Michael Ealy, Leonard Earl Howze, Kenan Thompson, and Harry Lennix, with a special appearance by Queen Latifah. Barbershop 2: Back in Business is produced by Robert Teitel, George Tillman, Jr., and Alex Gartner from a script by Don D. Scott, based on the characters created by Mark Brown. With executive producers Mark Brown, Ice Cube, and Matt Alvarez, the talented production team includes director of photography Tom Priestley, production designer Robb Wilson King, editor Paul Seydor, costumer Jennifer Bryan, and music by Richard Gibbs, with additional music by Wu-Tang Clan featuring The RZA. [More]

Starring: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Eve, Sean Patrick Thomas

Starring: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Eve, Sean Patrick Thomas, Queen Latifah, Troy Garity, Michael Ealy, Leonard Earl Howze

Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan

Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Screenwriter: Don D. Scott
Producer: Robert Teitel, George Tillman, Alex Gartner, Matt Alvarez
Composer: Richard Gibbs
Studio: MGM/UA

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Reviews for Barbershop 2: Back in Business

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For all of the snappy verbal sparring and romantic complications that embellish the film, it is ultimately about community...

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
02/05/04
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Sullivan clearly has his own ideas, but wisely uses the established characters to flesh them out instead of making them act out of character for his purposes.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
02/05/04
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

Still a nice place to hang out.

Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
02/05/04
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Ice Cube sticks with the formula that made Barbershop so successful, yet manages to keep the material feeling fresh.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
02/05/04
Gary Dowell
Gary Dowell
Dallas Morning News
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A movie featuring Ice Cube bellowing 'No more profanity!' and meaning it should produce a lot more laughs than this intermittently amusing sequel.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
02/05/04
Elvis Mitchell
Elvis Mitchell
New York Times
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Even when it falters, Barbershop 2 is sharp and hilarious.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
02/05/04
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

The concept has eroded from pleasant surprise to charmless franchise, which is ironic, considering that the plot of the second film involves competition from cookie-cutter corporate invaders.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
02/05/04
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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Takes the characters deeper than the first film, revealing new dimensions to all of them, and it balances its bright humor with a melancholy sense that the changes that come to a neighborhood are not always good ones.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
02/05/04
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Affectionate and deeply funny.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
02/05/04
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Grooves to its own drummer, yet remains dynamically true to its roots.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
02/05/04
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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The pointed, no-taboos banter that was the soul of Barbershop gets the short shrift in this entertaining but too-cursory sequel.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
02/05/04
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

Doesn't overreach the original's modest ambitions, doesn't mess with the endearing, well-rounded characters and never forgets that the jokes are all in service of a sincere message about what it means to be a community.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
02/05/04
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Hysterically funny, historically aware, politically nuanced, culturally sophisticated and productively self-critical all at the same time -- and you'll need a second viewing just to catch all the jokes.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
02/05/04
John Patterson
John Patterson
L.A. Weekly

A more serious but equally entertaining comedy than its predecessor, film provides enough food for thought and laughs to satisfy diehard fans.

Full Review Source: Sympatico.ca | comment Comment
02/05/04
Angela Baldassarre
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca

It never strains, even though pulled muscles are a common sequel injury.

Full Review Source: Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) | comment Comment
02/05/04
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)

This time around, the razors are a little duller, the clicks not as slick, the patter not as snappy.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
02/05/04
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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A sequel with all the humor, compassion, raunch and camaraderie of its predecessor.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
02/05/04
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Barbershop 2 is both entertaining and edifying with its funky portrait of the challenges facing many urban neighborhoods across the country.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
02/05/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Earns a visit, if only by a hair...if the business isn't quite so brisk this time around, there's an amiable familiarity that warrants your continued patronage.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment Comment
02/05/04
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

...a surprisingly topical sequel that warmly embraces universal themes and values under its veil of comedy.

Full Review Source: Sun Newspapers of Cleveland | comment Comment
02/05/04
John Urbancich
John Urbancich
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
 
 
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