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Hair Show (2004)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:2

Rotten:10

Average Rating:3.8/10

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual content including dialogue.

Runtime: 2 hrs 29 mins 7 secs

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Oct 15, 2004 Limited

Box Office: $201,567

Synopsis: Life for upscale salon owner Angela (Kellita Smith from THE BERNIE MAC SHOW) couldn't be better. Her Beverly Hills-based business runs as smoothly as the haircuts she administers to her customers,... Life for upscale salon owner Angela (Kellita Smith from THE BERNIE MAC SHOW) couldn't be better. Her Beverly Hills-based business runs as smoothly as the haircuts she administers to her customers, and her poor upbringing has been banished from her memory like all the bad fashions of yesteryear. The only quandary comes in the shape of rival salon owner Marcella (Gina Torres), who attempts to steal away Angela's customers, and is about as welcome as a dried-out Jheri Curl. But one day a poignant reminder of Angela's past arrives when her alienated sister Peaches (Mo'Nique) shows up in LA. Peaches gives her errant sister a hair-raising fright when she finds her at a celebration of Angela's successes, but the talented hairdresser is initially wary of Peaches' motives. After Peaches reveals that she too is a slave to the scissors and comb of the hairdressing profession--albeit at a much lower level than Angela--Peaches drops the bomb by admitting she is on the run from the IRS, owing a sizeable $50,000 in back taxes. This news is almost enough to turn Angela's hair gray, but instead of reaching for the hair dye, she concocts a cunning plan. Victory at the annual hair show in LA should win Peaches enough cash to pay off her debts, and afford Angela the chance to bury the reputation of Marcella once and for all. The girls clip, weave, shape, sculpt, straighten, and curl their way through the show, but the competition they face during the frantic race towards the final prize is as stiff as the hair gel they apply to their models' hair! A riotous comedy romp from director Leslie Small, HAIR SHOW is also a touching portrait of family reconciliation. [More]

Starring: Monique, Kellita Smith, Taraji P. Henson, David Ramsey

Starring: Monique, Kellita Smith, Taraji P. Henson, David Ramsey, Joe Torry, Gina Torres, Tom "Tiny" Lister

Director: Leslie Small

Director: Leslie Small
Screenwriter: Leslie Small
Studio: UrbanWorks Entertainment

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The movie feels flattened by relaxers when it should have been teased into a wicked curl.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
10/14/04
Robert Abele
Robert Abele
L.A. Weekly

What this rehash desperately needs is some real style, but even an industrial-strength can of hair spray can't keep it from coming undone.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
10/15/04
Angel Cohn
Angel Cohn
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The plot is slender but serviceable, and under Leslie Small's attentive direction, not only do Mo'Nique and Smith excel, but those playing salon staffers -- Taraji Henson, Keiko Agena, Cee Cee Michaela et al -- also make lively impressions.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
10/20/04
Kevin Crust
Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times
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A predictable urban comedy set mostly in a chichi Beverly Hills beauty salon, Hair Show is a female-oriented Barber Shop -- minus the steady humor and pointed social commentary.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
10/15/04
Robert Dominguez
Robert Dominguez
New York Daily News
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An anemic sitcomsitcom pilot dragged out to an excruciating 108-minute running time.

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10/21/04
Scott Foundas
Scott Foundas
Variety
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The story here, by Andrea Wiley, Sherri A. McGee and Devon Gregory, is slapped together with such poorly drawn stereotypes and lapses in logic as to provoke not shaking bellies but shaking heads.

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11/04/04
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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The story is so slight, a low-wattage hair dryer could blow it away.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
10/15/04
Megan Lehmann
Megan Lehmann
New York Post
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A Baltimore hairstylist takes refuge, and umbrage, in her buppie sister's Los Angeles salon in this sputtering star vehicle for the comedian Mo'Nique.

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10/14/04
Ned Martel
Ned Martel
New York Times
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stars Mo'nique, who's both fatter and sassier than [Queen] Latifah, but alas, not a whole lot funnier.

Full Review Source: New Times | comment Comment
10/28/04
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

Don't expect this stylin' movie to weave more than a few giggles.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
10/14/04
Bob Townsend
Bob Townsend
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Coiffure competition at center of sibling rivalry comedy!

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01/24/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
Black Talent News

This chop shop is a tad shabby.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
10/15/04
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08/16/07
Ben Walters
Ben Walters
Time Out New York
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