Barbershop (2002)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Tim Story

Writers (WGA):

Mark Brown (story)
Mark Brown (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

13 September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Everyone's gettin' lined up.

Plot:

A day in the life of a South Side Chicago barbershop.

Plot Keywords:

Barber | Barbershop | Loan Shark | Argument | Jail

Awards:

2 wins & 16 nominations

Cast

Ice Cube	...	Calvin Palmer
Anthony Anderson	...	J.D.
Cedric the Entertainer	...	Eddie
Sean Patrick Thomas	...	Jimmy James
Eve	...	Terri Jones
Troy Garity	...	Isaac Rosenberg
Michael Ealy	...	Ricky Nash
Leonard Earl Howze	...	Dinka
Keith David	...	Lester Wallace
Jazsmin Lewis	...	Jennifer Palmer
Lahmard J. Tate	...	Billy (as Lahmard Tate)
Tom Wright	...	Detective Williams
Jason Winston George	...	Kevin (as Jason George)
DeRay Davis	...	Hustle Guy
Sonya Eddy	...	Janelle

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language, sexual content and brief drug references.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-7 | South Korea:12 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Netherlands:AL | Australia:M | Denmark:7 | Germany:6 | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38898) | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

On the DVD we see that it was Eddie that drank Teri's apple juice.

Goofs:

Continuity: When J.D. and Billy are carrying the machine to the motel room, Billy sees another man and lets go. The machine then falls on JD's foot, visibly above his ankle, yet, when they are in the room and JD removes his sock, the wound "moves" from above his ankle to the side of his foot under the big toe.

Quotes:

Dinka: I'm big-boned, Rick! Hefty! Rotund! There's too much of myself to go around!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 10 Items or Less (2006)

Soundtrack:

Could've Been You

The millennium version of Do The Right Thing

This tale of a day in the life of an African-American barbershop is a mixture of a feel good Do The Right Thing and a laid back version of Friday(Ice Cube's other feature)rolled into one. The story concerns shop-owner Calvin(played by rapper Ice Cube in the breathtaking performance of his film career)needs money in a hurry,so he sells out to the neighborhood loan shark(played by Keith David in one his most villainous roles to date). As the day unfolds,he realizes how important his shop is to the people who work and gather there. Ice Cube himself is a brillant musician,but sometimes he does turned out grand performances in his movies as an actor(case in point his breakthrough performance in John Singleton's 1991 Oscar nominated flick Boyz In The Hood).

But the ensemble cast around him crackles(which consists of actors Sean Patrick Thomas,Anthony Anderson,Troy Garity,and rapper Eve in her feature film debut),especially Cedric The Entertainer,who provides the film's best and funniest moments as a semi-retired barber who's become a full-time kibitzer. In one of the most hilarious scenes that has already raised hackles among the civil rights establishment,he offers a decidedly revisionist take on the mother of the civil rights movement Rosa Parks, Rev. Jesse Jackson,Rodney King,and the widow of civil rights leader---- Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr.----thank goodness that Cedric's character didn't come down on Minister Farrakhan or it could have been it much dire straits. In all a pleasent piece of solid entertainment.