Beauty Shop

While the men of Barbershop and Barbershop 2 have plenty to mouth off about, they may have met their match in the female staff and clientele of a nearby beauty shop. Directed by Bille Woodruff, Beauty Shop revolves around these women led by Gina (Queen Latifah), who opened Beauty Shop to give all ...more

Beauty Shop sticks so closely to the Barbershop template, it's as much a female replica of those films as Ms. Pac-Man is a female version of Pac-Man. Queen Latifah builds on her cameo role from Barbershop 2: Back in Business, taking over the central role from Ice Cube and trying to open her own salon in Atlanta. Add in Alicia Silverstone, echoing Barbershop's white hairdresser "trying to be black," and another generous helping of workplace debates on contemporary issues (here instigated by a ...more