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Mood:
- HumorousTouchingFeel Good
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Plot:
- Workplace SituationsSocietyWorkplaceSingle ParentUnderdogCulture ClashAmbitionLifestyle
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Genres:
- Comedy
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary
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Place:
- ChicagoUSASchool
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Audience:
- Girls' NightTeens
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Style:
- Ensemble Cast
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Beauty Shop, 2005
English
USA
Profile of Beauty Shop
Beauty Shop can be described as touching, humorous, and feel good. The plot revolves around workplace situations, society, and underdogs. The main genre is comedy. In terms of style, Beauty Shop stars an ensemble cast. In approach, it is realistic. It is set, at least in part, at a school. Beauty Shop is located in Chicago. It takes place in contemporary times. It is well suited for a girls' night and teens.
Summary of Beauty Shop
Queen Latifah reprises her role as Gina, who audiences first met in the 2004 sequel to BARBERSHOP. This time she's the owner of her own beauty shop. A widow and single mom, Gina has moved from Chicago to Atlanta so that her daughter Vanessa (the charming Paige Hurd), a piano prodigy, can attend a performing arts school. Mother-in law Paulette (Laura Hayes) and sister-in-law Darnelle (Keisha Knight Pulliam, who played Rudy on THE COSBY SHOW) live with them. The bills are paid by Gina's job at Jorge's (Kevin Bacon) high-end salon, but his obnoxious personality ultimately proves insufferable. Gina quits her job and decides to get a place of her own, securing a loan with some resourceful tactics. Situated squarely in the ghetto and featuring a revolving cast of eccentric characters, the shop's quirky employees provide a constant stream of witty banter. Meanwhile the electrician who lives upstairs (Djimon Hounsou, AMISTAD) slowly wins Gina's heart. Despite challenges, Gina maintains grace, humor, and a magnanimous air that sees her through everything.
The ensemble cast of this feel-good comedy at times eclipses its good-natured star, who functions as a den mother to the madness. Andi MacDowell and Mena Suvari play wealthy Atlanta socialites who defect to Gina's shop, while Gospel legend Della Reese also makes an appearance. Bryce Wilson's turn as an ex-convict stylist of questionable sexual orientation provides humor at his expense, while Alicia Silverstone's bumbling black-girl wanna-be is so charming that we forgive her fake accent. Building upon the success of the BARBERSHOP franchise, BEAUTY SHOP holds its own both in its comedic acuity, and in its inspirational story of an underdog who comes out on top through force of will and strength of spirit.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 24 March 2005 |
| Runtime: | 105 min |
Cast and Crew
as Gina Norris
as Joanne
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Critics Reviews
USA Today
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- by: Claudia Puig
Chicago Tribune
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- by: Michael Wilmington
Users Reviews
- 20.March.2009
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- by: sethdellinger
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