Barbershop: The Next Cut
- Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee
- Starring: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Regina Hall, Sean Patrick Thomas, Anthony Anderson, Nicki Minaj
- Genre: Comedies
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- Theater Release: 04/15/2016
- Video Release: 07/26/2016
- Run Time: 1hr 52min
Synopsis
In the latest installment of the hit comedy series, Calvin (Ice Cube), Rashad (Common), Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer), and the rest of the crew at the barbershop are now working alongside a number of female hairdressers. Soon, they are all forced to band together to stop the violence in their Chicago neighborhood, and their plan includes brokering a truce among rival gangs and giving away free haircuts to promote their message of peace. Regina Hall, Anthony Anderson, Nicki Minaj, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Jazsmin Lewis, J.B. Smoove, Lamorne Morris, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Margot Bingham, and Deon Cole co-star. Directed by Malcolm D. Lee.
In the latest installment of the hit comedy series, Calvin (Ice Cube), Rashad (Common), Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer), and the rest of the crew at the barbershop are now working alongside a number of female hairdressers. Soon, they are all forced to band together to stop the violence in their Chicago neighborhood, and their plan includes brokering a truce among rival gangs and giving away free haircuts to promote their message of peace. Regina Hall, Anthony Anderson, Nicki Minaj, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Jazsmin Lewis, J.B. Smoove, Lamorne Morris, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Margot Bingham, and Deon Cole co-star. Directed by Malcolm D. Lee.
Reviews
"THE NEXT CUT manages to be entertaining and thoughtful, harmless fun but just serious enough not to seem frivolous." (Los Angeles Times)
3 stars out of 4 -- "[T]he talk has flavor and snap and a real-world sense of a community in crisis. Not bad for an escapist romp." (Rolling Stone)
"[The movie] offers what any barbershop worth its repeat customers provides: An hour or two of good company, and the feeling that you’re leaving a little sharper than when you came in." (Entertainment Weekly)
"The most fascinating -- and the most moving -- thing about this sprawling, sincere and boisterous movie is its tone....In this case, the collision of humor and horror makes a humanist point." (New York Times)
"Morris and Smoove are particularly natural comic additions to the cast, underlining the best part about any BARBERSHOP movie: watching a lot of funny, charming actors enjoy the opportunity to chat, philosophize, or even express political opinions..." (A.V. Club)
"For all its humor -- and the film is quite often laugh-out-loud funny -- BARBERSHOP: THE NEXT CUT never loses sight of the gravity of its primary situation." (RogerEbert.com)
"THE NEXT CUT manages to be entertaining and thoughtful, harmless fun but just serious enough not to seem frivolous." (Los Angeles Times)
3 stars out of 4 -- "[T]he talk has flavor and snap and a real-world sense of a community in crisis. Not bad for an escapist romp." (Rolling Stone)
"[The movie] offers what any barbershop worth its repeat customers provides: An hour or two of good company, and the feeling that you’re leaving a little sharper than when you came in." (Entertainment Weekly)
"The most fascinating -- and the most moving -- thing about this sprawling, sincere and boisterous movie is its tone....In this case, the collision of humor and horror makes a humanist point." (New York Times)
"Morris and Smoove are particularly natural comic additions to the cast, underlining the best part about any BARBERSHOP movie: watching a lot of funny, charming actors enjoy the opportunity to chat, philosophize, or even express political opinions..." (A.V. Club)
"For all its humor -- and the film is quite often laugh-out-loud funny -- BARBERSHOP: THE NEXT CUT never loses sight of the gravity of its primary situation." (RogerEbert.com)
