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The Beauty Shop
27 in. x 40 in.
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Beauty Shop
27 in. x 40 in.
Buy this Original Poster at AllPosters.com
 Beauty Shop (2005)Rated: PG-13 on appeal for sexual material, language and brief drug references. Runtime: 105 mins. Director: Bille Woodruff Writer: Elizabeth Hunter (story); Kate Lanier (screenplay) Cast: Queen Latifah; Alicia Silverstone; Alfre Woodard... complete cast Tagline: In theaters 2005 Genre: Comedy Memorable Quote: "It looks like somebody swallowed the '70s and threw it up in here"
The main problem with Beauty Shop is that it is Barber Shop with women. From the plot twists to the characters inside the shop, it is the exact same movie as Barbershop except with Queen Latifah at the helm instead of Ice Cube. There is the funny, familial and penny-pinching boss, Gina (Queen Latifah). There is the misguided, yet full of potential stylist in training, Darnelle (Keshia Knight-Pulliman). There’s the arrogant, know it all stylist who is a pain in everyone’s side, Chanel (Golden Brooks). There’s the novice stylist of a different race that can’t get any business, Lynn (Alicia Silverstone) and finally there’s the opposite sex stylist who is the only one of his kind in the salon, James (Bryce Wilson). Add to that the money problems, someone trying to take over the business and the possibility that the shop may have to close for good and you have the same movie, same story without any added flare. You even have the character that hawks their goods at the shop: in Barbershop it was a man selling bootleg CDs and DVDs and in Beauty Shop it is a woman selling catfish and monkey bread. The concept of being original must have never crossed the writer’s minds. And once again I say, can we dispense with the gay stylists. That is a stereotype that can go to the stereotype graveyard never to be seen or heard of again…ever. Kevin Bacon, an actor I love, does an absolutely horrible and I repeat horrible job playing Latifah’s gay and fascist boss. Also, are metrosexuals the new overused, unfunny effeminate male stereotype that is going to appear in every movie where men are employed in what are considered to be women’s jobs. If so, I say please stop now before you make audiences suffer anymore than we already have at this new, unfunny, unnecessary caricature. There was one in Guess Who and one of Beauty Shop’s many subplots is trying to figure out if the only male stylist is gay, straight or a metrosexual which would be a cross between the two. There were some laughs and the opportunity to see a shirtless Djimon Hounsou was almost worth my money but overall, Beauty Shop was unoriginal and a bore. Ultimately the question is do you really want to spend your money on something you’ve already seen before. For me the answer is simple: No, I don’t. Tamika Johnson  Screen formats: Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1; Full Screen 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1 - Keepcase packaging.
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