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Barbershop
2002
Features the comedy films BARBERSHOP, BEAUTY SHOP, and TAXI. In BARBERSHOP, Calvin is handed the family barber shop and isn't impressed. He makes plans to sell the shop to a local criminal called Lester. Calvin's wife is not happy with his decision to sell and persuades him to spend a day in the barber shop getting to know what .. Read more
| Starring | Ice Cube, Keith David, Jazmin Lewis, Eve |
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| Director | Tim Story |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Barbershop
Features the comedy films BARBERSHOP, BEAUTY SHOP, and TAXI. In BARBERSHOP, Calvin is handed the family barber shop and isn't impressed. He makes plans to sell the shop to a local criminal called Lester. Calvin's wife is not happy with his decision to sell and persuades him to spend a day in the barber shop getting to know what happens there. At the end of the day Calvin realises the importance of the shop upon the local community and sets out to get of the deal he has made. In BEAUTY SHOP, Gina quits her job at a beauty salon and decides to get a place of her own, securing a loan with some resourceful tactics. Situated squarely in the ghetto and featuring a revolving cast of eccentric characters, the shop's quirky employees provide a constant stream of witty banter. In TAXI, Washburn is a truly pathetic New York City cop who can't seem to wake up in the morning without bumbling busts and breaking whatever he touches. After his most recent debacle, his boss and former flame, Lieutenant Marta Robbins, revoked his license. Belle is about to fulfil a lifelong dream of becoming a cab driver. When Fallon commandeers Belle's services after hearing of a nearby bank robbery, a partnership is formed. Unfortunately, even when he means well, Washburn is nothing but trouble. Against her better judgment, Belle finds herself doing what she can to help out the pitiful Washburn, even though the bank robbers are several steps ahead of the game.
| Starring | Ice Cube, Keith David, Jazmin Lewis, Eve, Sean Patrick Thomas |
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| Director | Tim Story |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 38 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 06 Oct 2003 Production year: 2002 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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Ice Cube's progression from musician to credible leading man was given a boost thanks to his self-assured performance here as Calvin Palmer, the jaded owner of a Chicago hairdressing salon threatened with foreclosure. A warm, but far from tame, slice-of-life comedy, it follows the salon through what could be its last day, as barbers and their customers trade jokes and neighbourhood gossip and Calvin struggles to come up with the cash. The message in director Tim Story's movie, that the establishment — and, by implication, tradition — is vital to the community, is short on subtlety, and a slapstick subplot about a stolen cash dispenser is a needless distraction. However, the camaraderie and antagonistic banter of the workplace are well-observed and brightly performed — particularly by stand-up comedian Cedric the Entertainer, who plays a veteran, fearlessly non-PC barber with belligerent gusto.
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Affable comedy that ambles along in a pleasurable way and gives space to its cast to swap jokes and comments on black experience.
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
This is a pleasant way to spend an hour and a half. It is funny, perceptive and, for once, a positive depiction of black people in Urban America. You have to listen quite closely to catch some of the dialogue, but it is well worth it. If anything, it put me in mind of a modern version of the old Ealing Comedies - gentle, amusing but intelligent. Good stuff.
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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
It's all good in the hood
Ice Cube playing his ususal charismatic self with a blend of wit, humour, menace and style. Anyone who doesn't like this is a daaaamn fool!
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