Beauty Shop (2005)

PG-13   |    |  Comedy


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A determined hairstylist (Queen Latifah) competes with her former boss (Kevin Bacon) after opening her own business in Atlanta.


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  • QUEEN LATIFAH and PAIGE HURD star as mother-daughter duo Gina and Vanessa in MGM Pictures' comedy BEAUTY SHOP.
  • QUEEN LATIFAH stars as Gina in MGM Pictures' comedy BEAUTY SHOP.
  • QUEEN LATIFAH and KESHIA KNIGHT-PULLIAM star as Gina and Darnelle in MGM Pictures' comedy BEAUTY SHOP.
  • Denise (KIMORA LEE SIMMONS) and Rochelle (LISARAYE McCOY) stop by Gina's shop in MGM Pictures' comedy BEAUTY SHOP.
  • ALFRE WOODARD and CAR'YNN SIMS on the set of BEAUTY SHOP.
  • QUEEN LATIFAH and director BILLE WOODRUFF share a laugh on the set of MGM Pictures' comedy BEAUTY SHOP.

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30 March 2005 | kergillian
5
| Booty Shop
This was Booty Shop more than Beauty Shop, and a spin off with a strong cast and a lot of potential was buried in silliness. The Barbarshop films were successful because they were feel good, fun and had a sense of victory for the hardworking father.

This time, we have the exact same sentiments in reverse - mother instead of father, all women stylists except the one guy, all black except the one white girl - except instead of having a white guy who is trying to be a boy from the hood from the outset, we have a girl who forgoes her personality in favour of becoming a black wannabe. So the message from that perspective is that in order to fit in and be accepted one must conform to be just like everyone else. Good for a few laughs, but loses something in the translation.

The standouts here are Kevin Bacon who is outstanding and hilarious as Jorge the not- quite-Austrian salon owner, and Djimon Hounsou, who is charming and catches you with the kindest face in film.

The rest of the cast are average, each actor and actress playing themselves and bringing nothing special to the table.

On the whole, this film is just a shadow of the Barbershop films, basically trying to emulate them frame by frame, except for one important aspect: this film has no plot. No story. it's just a bunch of scenes strung together by the overall premise of a beauty shop owner trying to make it in this crazy world. No story and no Cedric the entertainer and a ton of excessively vulgar booty humour equals a poor (wo)man's Barbershop. I'd save your tenner and wait for the DVD - or better yet, rent the Barbershop films. They're the better bet, as the originals usually are when compared with the clones. 5/10.

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