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05/20/05
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Beauty Shop (2005)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:14
Rotten:12
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: Despite a strong performance by Queen Latifah, Beauty Shop is in need of some style pointers.
Theatrical Release:Mar 30, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $36,310,118
Synopsis: Queen Latifah reprises her role as Gina, who audiences first met in the 2004 sequel to BARBERSHOP. This time she's the owner of her own beauty shop. A widow and single mom, Gina has moved from... [More]
Starring: Queen Latifah, Mena Suvari, Djimon Hounsou, Alicia Silverstone
Director: Bille Woodruff
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Reviews for Beauty Shop
Top CriticI thought this was too much like the pilot for a sitcom.
04/04/05
Top CriticFeel-good entertainment that is no less enjoyable for being somewhat predictable.
03/30/05
Top CriticIt's a bouncy, funny picture that I enjoyed -- one that mostly eludes the perils of sequelitis and spinoff-itis, a lusty comedy about the importance of looking good and getting the right scissors in the right hands.
03/30/05
Top CriticLatifah is, well, Latifah playing herself -- funny, brash, smart, likable and not willing to take any garbage from anyone.
03/30/05
Top CriticOverall, the parts don't come together and jell as well as they did in the Barbershop films.
03/30/05
Top CriticPlaying an eccentric beautician who changes her look everyday, the incandescent Alfre Woodard shows she's as adept at comedy as drama.
03/30/05
Top CriticBeauty Shop extends the popular Barbershop franchise to Atlanta and provides a sassy feminine counterpart to its cozy men's-club vibe.
03/30/05
Top CriticThe loose, lively spirit of the performances breathes life into the cliches.
03/30/05
Top CriticNeeds highlights and a trim.
03/30/05
Top CriticAll jokes and plot points are telegraphed. You couldn't miss the clues even if your head was in the sink.
03/30/05
Top CriticA dull script and slack direction.
03/30/05
Top CriticEven a sharp pace can't disguise the lack of dramatic momentum.
03/30/05
Top CriticLooks, feels and unfolds with measured sitcom familiarity, right down to the storming of characters through the shop's doors and the relentless crossfire of sassy putdowns.
03/30/05
Top CriticAt this point, any humor left in the Barbershop series is limited to a few stray clippings on the floor.
03/30/05
Top CriticThanks to Queen Latifah, it manages to keep its comic shape, even with the wind of familiarity blowing around.
03/30/05
Top CriticA bit too relaxed for its own good.
03/30/05
Top CriticThe result is not so much a follow-up as a newly conceived comedy, and a good one at that.
03/30/05
Top CriticA fluff job.
03/30/05
Top Critic[A] formulaic but extremely good-natured comedy.
03/30/05
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