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- 2002
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM)
- 1 h 42 m
- 2002
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM)
- 1 h 42 m
Summary A comedy about a day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. [MGM]
Directed By: Tim Story
Written By: Mark Brown, Don D. Scott, Marshall Todd
- 2002
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM)
- 1 h 42 m
- 2002
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM)
- 1 h 42 m
Barbershop
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Summary A comedy about a day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. [MGM]
Directed By: Tim Story
Written By: Mark Brown, Don D. Scott, Marshall Todd
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
66
79% Positive
23 Reviews
23 Reviews
17% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
66
79% Positive
23 Reviews
23 Reviews
17% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Combines big laughs, a big heart and thoroughly winning characters to become the first big surprise of the fall season.
A cogent, optimistic and mostly entertaining slice of ghetto life.
A broad, very funny, unexpectedly graceful comedy of character and community.
I've seen better movies recently, but it's been a long time since I've left one feeling the easy, full-bellied happiness this one evoked.
The mixed-up rhythms of the story rescue Barbershop from bland goodness.
Isn't as funny as it should be. Cedric's speech impediment only goes so far -- he's actually funnier in Serving Sara, without having to rely on a big wig to do his acting for him.
Good-natured fun when it isn't stale, which is most of the time, this talky comedy set in a Chicago barber shop is a sitcom pilot disguised as a movie.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 User Ratings
5.6
38% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
38% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
24% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 User Ratings
5.6
38% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
38% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
24% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
Just to see Cedric shave and preach, you can stay for the whole day in this shop, it won't get wasted for sure.
Barbershop
Story is not much of a narrator, but definitely can tell a funny joke without any jokes. The film feels like some episode of a sitcom. Parallel-y the tales are enfolded with a revelation of foolishness carved out smartly and calculatively, the director, Tim Story, had to only juggle that very aspect and all was and is game. It is also incredibly and instantly likable, more than even Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing, and probably because it is light on feet, in contrast to Lee's heavy sensitive issue spewed like vengeance, fair and square. Never have I seen a film so smooth and confident in its tiny tales of woe it tells by mocking it and accepting the consequences of it.
Picturing the lifestyle of barbers in a barbershop, in one day, there is a lot to enjoy, learn and laugh from. And as Cedric The Entertainer once says, "If we can't talk straight in a barbershop, then where can we talk straight" and so it does feel that honest. The warmth between the characters comes in easy just as the bitterness does. They are ready to go at each other in a snap and also ready to make up in a snap with Marvin Gaye playing in the background.
Ice Cube as a mislead young man and easily seduced and troubled family guy trying to reach for more, spirals out a chaotic event so big that even a gang that cannot stand each other, stands once and for all, together. To me, Cedric would be the game changer in here, his elderly persona where he treats others like students, his students by heckling and inspiring them in each steps, is a proper reliable statement. Barbershop is a shop for sure, you come in and get what you want, you'd be surprised with the quality of the product and why not, it definitely is a new bold fashion look.
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Awards
Black Reel Awards
• 6 Nominations
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 5 Nominations
MTV Movie + TV Awards
• 3 Nominations