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Barbershop (2002)
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Reviews Counted:115
Fresh:96
Rotten:19
Average Rating:6.7/10
Consensus: Besides bringing on the laughs, Barbershop displays a big heart and demonstrates the value of community.
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Comedies
US Box Office: $75,074,950
Synopsis:
Barbershop is a smart comedy about a day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin (Ice Cube), who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop...
Barbershop is a smart comedy about a day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin (Ice Cube), who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.
Calvin's barbershop is filled with an eclectic and hilarious cast of characters that share their stories, jokes, trials and tribulations. In the shop we find Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer), an old barber with strong opinions and no customers. Jimmy (Sean Patrick Thomas) is a highly educated barber with a superiority complex who can't stand Isaac (Troy Garity), the new, white barber who just wants a shot at cutting some hair. Ricky is an ex-con with two strikes against him and is desperately trying to stay straight. Terri (rap star Eve, making her feature film debut) is a hard-edged woman who can't seem to leave her two-timing boyfriend. And lastly there's Dinka, a fellow barber who is madly in love with Terri but doesn't get the time of day.
Ice Cube leads an all-star cast, including Anthony Anderson, in a touching comedy about one day in and around the barbershop.
-- © 2002 MGM Pictures
Starring: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve
Starring: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Jazsmin Lewis, Troy Garrity, Anthony Anderson
Director: Tim Story
Director: Tim Story
Screenwriter: Mark Brown, Don D. Scott
Producer: George Tillman, Robert Teitel
Composer: Terence Blanchard
Studio: MGM/UA
Reviews for Barbershop
A funny, warm, immensely likable, and all-ages-appealing film centering around the importance of heritage and family.
Barbershop is a cozy place to hang out for a while, even if you don't need a little off the sides.
...has the makings of a long-running franchise, but one that just doesn’t cut it as a crossover hit.
[Ice] Cube proves that he can be incredibly charismatic performer when he's not glowering at people.
Beneath the jokes is a story about community – what it means to belong to a community and one’s responsibility to that community.
Clip off a little rehashed material here, trim a few unneeded characters there, and what you have left is sheer entertainment.
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