Barbershop 2 - Back in Business (Special Edition)
by Kevin Rodney Sullivan
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Actor: Cedric the Entertainer, Eve (II), Ice Cube, Sean Patrick Thomas, Troy GarityDirector: Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-29
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Barbershop 2 - Back in Business (Special Edition)
Movie Review: (3.5) Is part 2 better? Fro Sho!
Summary: 3 Stars
Calvin (Ice Cube) inherited his fathers Barbershop a few years back. At first he wasn't to happy with having the shop, but now the shop is a part of him. Calvin is now a rear part of the community, a corner stone of it. But change is coming into the neighborhood. Old shops, homes, and buildings are being bought out by a bigger corporation and replacing them with chains of restaurants, coffee houses, and even barbershops. And one of the barbershops, Nappy Cuts, is moving in right across from Calvin's shop. They offer nice chairs, better pampering, basketball courts, big screen TV's, and even fish in the floor you can pick out and get them cooked anyway you want it. Change is coming, and it isn't going to be pretty. To hopefully keep his shop as well as other peoples shops open, Calvin and the gang try their best to bring the community together to fight what some would consider the inevitable.
I'm sure I'll be in the minority here, but I liked part 2 a lot more than part 1. I laughed more, the characters weren't as cookie cutter as in part 1 (but they still are somewhat), and the story was more enjoyable this time through... for me at least. I liked that it dealt with major corporations coming in and trying to undercut the competition to run them out of business. It felt a little more real than, the first movie where Calvin is being a little emo about inheriting a barbershop from his father, selling it, then trying to get it back. And the cast, well, I liked that they were a little less involved, but still there. You really don't pay attention to the fact that `everyone thinks the bad boy is just clubbin and having sex all the time at night, but what they don't know is that he's studying and trying to get an education', you know... things like that. And I really think the movie was a lot funnier than the first one. I laughed pretty hard at some things this time through. Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer) at one point is cooking some free burgers, and a little girl said hers was burnt. They argue about it and Eddie snatches it and throws it away. She goes and tell on him while Eddie is saying "Go on! Go tell! I aint scurred of nuthin!" Then Gina (Latifah) comes storming out the other shop yelling at Eddie. All Eddie says is "OH SHOOT!" (but cusses) and the look on his face is just priceless. So predictable, but so funny.
I said barbershop 1 was a definite rent, and I would say the same with this. I'm glad I own them both, because even though they are very by the book, they are still some light hearted fun.
P.S. - Kenan Thompson (Calvin's cousin)...is not funny. I have never laughed when that kid is trying to be funny. He's horrible on SNL also and just about anything he's been on. Even when he was on Nickelodeon. That guy just bugs me. OH... and that's just my opinion.
Summary of Barbershop 2 - Back in Business (Special Edition)
You ll need a second viewing just to catch all the jokes! LA WeeklyGo back to the barbershop with Ice Cube Cedric the Entertainer and an all-star cast in this sharp savvy (Entertainment Weekly) sequel that s a pleasing blend of humor sentiment and commentary (Los Angeles Times)!Special Features:Deleted ScenesHilarious OuttakesCast Video Commentary by Cedric the Entertainer Sean Patrick Thomas Troy Garity and Jaszmin Lewis Audio Commentary by Director Kevin Rodney Sullivan and Producers Robert Teitel and George Tillman Jr. Extended Music Video Mary J. Blige Featuring Eve: Not Today Music Video Sleepy Brown Featuring OutKast: I Can t Wait Behind-the-Scenes Photo Gallery Original Theatrical TrailerSystem Requirements: Running Time 106 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?COMEDY Rating:?PG-13 UPC:?027616905147 Manufacturer No:?1006313Ice Cube triumphantly returns as Calvin Palmer, proud proprietor of a neighborhood barbershop in Barbershop?2. The first Barbershop was a surprise smash; even more surprising is how good this sequel is. The plot isn't much--there's a corporate haircutting chain opening across the street, leading to the usual sentiments about the importance of small businesses and neighborhoods--but the well-conceived characters and the loose, genuine banter give this movie a striking richness of feeling. Barbershop?2 cuts back and forth in time, flashing back to when Eddie (garrulous Cedric the Entertainer), the shop's oldest and most outspoken barber, first came to work for Calvin's father. Glimpses of black history give weight to the modern-day struggles; most impressively, this device doesn't feel forced or cynical. Also returning are Eve, Troy Garity, and Sean Patrick Thomas; Queen Latifah (Bringing Down the House) is a new face on the block. --Bret Fetzer
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