I think Barbershop would work better as a sitcom than a franchise of films because of the challenge a long-time barbershop faces in light of the new, more hip barbershop opening right across the street from Calvin's just doesn't really warrant the big screen treatment.
There are some funny and somewhat insightful bits during the barbershop banter between all the barbers at Calvin's, but it's just there, not many comedic sparks or fireworks in this film, and while we find out more about Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer) and how he finds his way to Calvin's and why he doesn't have to pay for his chair, I didn't think audiences were clamoring for his story.
There are other subplots, but nothing all that interesting.
I give it 2 stars, or a grade of C.
Rypro 525
02-07-04, 10:18 PM
this somehow got 4 stars in the baltimore sun (as did "miricle"
scott shelton
02-08-04, 12:32 PM
I thought it was much better than the original.
Birrman54
02-08-04, 01:26 PM
Originally posted by Rypro 525
this somehow got 4 stars in the baltimore sun (as did "miricle"
I thought I had somehow gotten the wrong paper, I couldn't remember the last time ANY film, let alone two in the same issue, had gotten 4 stars.
birrman54
Rypro 525
02-08-04, 06:03 PM
well they did give 4 to seabiscuit, lotr rotk, dark blue (the kurt russel movie from early 2003), master and commander, and a few others this year.
Birrman54
02-08-04, 06:36 PM
Originally posted by Rypro 525
well they did give 4 to seabiscuit, lotr rotk, dark blue (the kurt russel movie from early 2003), master and commander, and a few others this year.
yea, they must be getting soft. I just didn't expect Barbershop to be the sort of movie they'd like. Do you remember what the first one got?
birrman54
isamu
02-08-04, 08:09 PM
when is Ice(I hate the blue-eyed devil) Cube gonna stop selling out and make a new racist record. I'm dying over here.
BigDaddy
02-08-04, 10:54 PM
Originally posted by Rypro 525
well they did give 4 to seabiscuit, lotr rotk, dark blue (the kurt russel movie from early 2003), master and commander, and a few others this year.
It was becuse his Daddy built this city with bweliitts. :)
Amel
07-05-04, 12:53 PM
Just watched this again on dvd. The quote on the cover says "An even richer, smarter, funnier sequel." They should've left out the funnier part. Not nearly as funny or as raw as the first. It's got jokes. Just not as many or as funny. They definitely were going for the "richer, smarter" thing with the movie. And they did succeed. But I wanted a flat-out comedy fest. At least they still had Eve :drool:
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