Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Suman Roberson It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Jason Adams This was the funniest movie I have seen since "Which Way Is Up" with Richard Pryor Well written. Anthony Anderson was hilarious. Great to see the accomplishments that ICE CUBE has made over the years. I like CUBEVISION. Also, this movie was like a rap song. For example, everybody had a mic 🎤. Everybody had something to say. Everybody participated. I like the conversation between Ice Cube (Calvin Palmer) and Parvesh Cheena (Samir) I liked listening to Sean Patrick Thomas....educated fool! I would have liked to have seen Terri and Dinka get closer. ***Eve stole the show ...."Who drank my funky apple 🍎 juice" She should have been drink in' Thunderbird!!😜

Jackson Booth-Millard I don't get to see a nearly all black actor filled film, and this one wasn't too bad, from director Tim Story (Fantastic Four). Basically it is a day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin Palmer (Ice Cube) inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, and with an ambition to do other things, he sells it local loan shark Lester Wallace (Keith David). Slowly though he realises his mistake, and Wallace instead of taking back his money wants double, so Calvin is pretty sure his barbershop will have to close its doors. He can either convince Wallace to forget the debt, or raise it, Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer) who has been there since it opened is determined Calvin can#t and won't sell it. There is also a slapstick filled subplot where J.D. (Anthony Anderson) has stolen a cash dispenser and is trying to find a good place to hide it, and before the end it ends up at the barbershop, where Calvin can collect a reward for returning it. Also starring Sean Patrick Thomas as Jimmy James, Eve as Terri Jones, Troy Garity as Isaac Rosenberg, Michael Ealy as Ricky Nash and Leonard Earl Howze as Dinka. The film is filled with black stereotypes, and there are moments where you really have to listen to understand what they are saying, but it amusing. Worth watching!

wtnally always comparing, this is not as funny as bad Santa or the classic, Airplane! but i seriously could NOT stop laughing on this movie. Eddie cracks me up with his discussion on racism and Jesse Jackson. "Man fu@% Jesse Jackson!" This is more than just a comedy, it has a meaning to it. one of the few comedies with a meaning to it, and a good one. if you liked Friday, next Friday, any of Anthony Anderson's films of any comedies, check this out! i watched this over and over the first time i bought it. i HIGHLY recommend this movie to any movie buff or anyone period. Tim Story's best film by far with the only films i know by him being fantastic 4, which i hated and taxi, which was OK. 10/10

roxy_quiksilver_12 Relationships vs. Money In Barbershop, having good friends and sticking together is better than money because money can't buy happiness and because friendship lasts forever. Furthermore, Calvin wanting Oprah's guest house for his wife isn't going to make her happy.I've watched Barbershop quite a few times. It's one of my favorite movies and that's why I chose to do my MMR on it. Actually thinking about the meaning of the movie is something I don't normally do after watching a movie, but this time I did.When I said "Calvin wanting Oprah's guest house for his wife isn't going to make her happy," I meant that Calvin thought if he sold the barbershop for enough money and bought his wife a huge house then she would be happy. He was so wrapped up in the thought of money and himself he wasn't thinking about how great the barbershop was and how many generations it had been there. The barbershop had tremendous sentimental value, but money was clouding Calvin's thoughts. Within the barbershop group, there were people who loved and truly cared about each other. All Calvin wanted was more money; he didn't take the time to think how significant the shop was not only to just him, but to others around him also. It took Calvin selling the shop to see the value of relationships and realize that money won't buy happiness and cannot fulfill the things friendships can.No matter how much money you have in your possession, you will never be able to buy yourself happiness. Yeah a nice house, a nice car and any material thing you want might be nice, but you can't accomplish true happiness with money. In the beginning of the movie, Calvin had a picture of Oprah's guest house and he was trying to start all these small businesses thinking that being able to buy a huge house was going to make him and his wife happy. One of my favorite quotes from the movie is when Eddie said to Calvin, "Yo daddy may 'notta had a whole 'lotta money, oh but he was rich, cause he invested in people." This is such a powerful quote because of the meaning it has. Eddie is saying Calvin's dad changed peoples lives by giving them jobs, cutting their hair, and just letting them be in the barbershop. After Calvin sold the barbershop, he thought about it and saw the happiness and relationships in the barbershop. His wife was so disappointed in him and so was everyone else, and he finally realized that his father's barbershop was worth more than twenty grand, what it represented couldn't be purchased for any amount of money. Friendships and relationships do last a lifetime. Eddie was one of the barbers that had held a job there for so many years. Before he worked for Calvin, he worked for Calvin's father. Eddie built numerous relationships around the barbershop along with others who were customers and employees. His best and closest friends he saw every day while at the barbershop. They had conversations about anything and everything. You could go into that barbershop and talk about whatever you wanted. There were so many memories in the barbershop; you probably couldn't even count them. Checker Fred had been there every day for who knows how many years. After Calvin realized that the barbershop was more valuable than he realized before, he was a richer man.This movie helped me realized that money isn't everything, but friendship is. Money is important to a certain extent, but not to the degree where we lose any sort of relationship.