New Film Review: Barbershop The Next Cut

BARBERSHOP THE NEXT CUT

Directed by Malcom D Lee
Screenplay by Kenya Harris and Tracey Oliver\
Starring Ice Cube and Cedric The Entertainer



We return to Ice's barbershop again as the they deal with guns and other problems on the southside of Chicago.

I have to be honest, I did not have much hope. I really liked the first Barbershop. Hated the second one and hated Beautyshop. I am telling you this film here is really good.

I listed just Cube and Cedric as the stars. Yes there are a lot of stars in this. Common; Eve; and on and on. Still this movie belongs to Cube and Cedric.
Cube is in the center and he is really good here. His character Calvin is trying to make a decision if he wants to move his shop to the north side. The safer side. After three movies he really owns this part. He is Calvin.
This film is the funniest film I have seen all year. I laughed out loud often. At the same time the film touches heavily on many social issue discussed in the shop. It also deals with gangs outside the shop. Also dealing with youth avoiding problems on the street. Also the film deals with death of  the young dying needlessly on the Southside and in the USA. You would think that this being a comedy that there would be a lot of problems with the tone while it tackles all these issues. Credit goes to the writers Harris and Oliver and director Lee. They even threw in a a montage dance scene to Never Enough (Luther!!!) and that even worked.
Negatives?
Yes. There are some small issues. The plot of free haircut weekend is shaky a little. Whenever they take the plot outside the shop the film seems to slow down to much. The dialog in the shop scenes happens to be so quick and sharp you never want to leave there!! I am telling you the they could have just focused this film inside the shop, you hate it when the camera leaves. Also, they had trouble closing. It seemed like they could not make a decision on how to close this wonderful film. So it seemed like they had too many closings.
Back to the positives!!! 4 out of 5 stars for this honest; heartfelt; and funny film. Go see it!!

From the shadows as always thanks for your time.