Nappily Ever After

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Nappily Ever After

TV-MA

2018

1h 38m

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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A soulful barber helps a woman piece her life back together after an accident at her hair salon makes her realize she is not living life to the fullest.

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Smart and socially conscious, Nappily Ever After depicts black female empowerment in a fresh way, but the film relies too heavily on romantic comedy tropes.

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Robyn Bahr

The Hollywood Reporter

Oct 1, 2018

Bildungsroman disguised as rom-com, the refreshing script much more concerned with its heroine's emotional arc and personal growth than her ultimate relationship status.

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Angelica Jade Bastién

New York Magazine/Vulture

Sep 24, 2018

Unfortunately, instead of coming across as a warm throwback, Nappily Ever After is a romantic comedy saddled with a reductive understanding of black womanhood without enough cast chemistry or beauty to distract us.

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Sheila O'Malley

RogerEbert.com

Sep 21, 2018

3/4

Nappily Ever After is as much a polemic as it is anything else.

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Natasha Alvar

MovieBabble

Mar 7, 2021

C

Nappily Ever After is a movie that looks good on paper and tries very hard, but just misses the mark.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Feb 5, 2019

B-

A pleasing fluff piece.

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Courtney Small

Cinema Axis

Jan 10, 2019

B-

Lathan convincingly brings a lot of depth to a role that could have easily been one-note in another performer's hands.

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Arne D

@RT80027324 Nov 14, 2025

So, after a breakup she wants to change some things in her life and get to know herself better - by hitting up the first new man that crosses her path? Very disappointing, mostly just a lot of romantic babbling.

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Steve D

@RT35616104 Feb 21, 2023

It is on the surface a story about hair. However it is far deeper and the writing is good enough to make it work.

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Apr 6, 2022

Didn't like it one bit. It's just a bad movie: hardly entertaining, weird and in the case of empowerment my sister was left asking WTF rather than feeling empowered.

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Mar 7, 2021

Easy to watch- predictable and okay acting but has a decent message. Ideal when you can't be bothered to commit to a film that takes a lot of thought

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Feb 5, 2021

really great movie with an awesome message

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renaldo d

@RT30888824 Jan 19, 2021

"Nappily Ever After" is an uncomfortable film with a very beautiful message, although the editing and direction are not at all interesting

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Synopsis

A soulful barber helps a woman piece her life back together after an accident at her hair salon makes her realize she is not living life to the fullest.

Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Producer: Tracey Bing, Sanaa Lathan, Jared LeBoff, Marc Platt
Screenwriter: Tina Gordon, Lisa Loomer, Adam Brooks, Gina Prince-Bythewood
Production Co: Marc Platt Productions, Netflix
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 21, 2018
Runtime: 1h 38m

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