Latifah is, well, Latifah playing herself -- funny, brash, smart, likable and not willing to take any garbage from anyone.
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03/30/05
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Beauty Shop (2005)
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Reviews Counted:110
Fresh:43
Rotten:67
Average Rating:5.4/10
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 CriticHas plenty of laughs.
03/30/05
Overall, the parts don't come together and jell as well as they did in the Barbershop films.
03/30/05
Starring the endlessly likable Queen Latifah, the force behind Beauty Shop is girlfriend power.
03/30/05
Worth visiting.
03/30/05
It's like that fateful moment during a haircut when the scissors slip and that fun, rock 'n' roll shag suddenly becomes a mullet.
03/30/05
Playing 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 CriticAll that positive energy is in keeping with the film's kinder, gentler vibe, but it's not very interesting.
03/30/05
This spinoff lacks the repartee and thought-provoking social commentary of the original and its sequel. Instead, we get dumbed-down characters and juvenile booty jokes.
03/30/05
Beauty 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 CriticYou take the good with the bad.
03/30/05
The loose, lively spirit of the performances breathes life into the cliches.
03/30/05
You already know if you like this kind of thing or not. But if you do, there's little not to like.
03/30/05
An ugly little movie that is an insult to its origins and a waste of the Queen's considerable talents.
03/30/05
Has nothing new to say, but it has a lot of fun covering the same old territory.
03/30/05
The movie finally manages to find its groove in the when director Bille Woodruff steps aside and allows his talented cast to mine the material for all it's worth.
03/30/05
Needs 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 CriticThis came out a little uneven.
03/30/05
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