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Barbershop

Barbershop

Everyone's gettin' lined up.

20026.41h 42m

Overview

A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.

Directed by Tim Story
Written by Mark Brown, Don D. Scott, Marshall Todd
Produced by Mark Brown, Robert Teitel, George Tillman Jr.
Box OfficeBudget: $12.0MRevenue: $77.1M

Top Cast

Ice Cube

Ice Cube

Calvin Palmer

Anthony Anderson

Anthony Anderson

J.D.

Cedric the Entertainer

Cedric the Entertainer

Eddie

Sean Patrick Thomas

Sean Patrick Thomas

Jimmy James

Eve

Eve

Terri Jones

Troy Garity

Troy Garity

Isaac Rosenberg

Michael Ealy

Michael Ealy

Ricky Nash

Keith David

Keith David

Lester Wallace

Jazsmin Lewis

Jazsmin Lewis

Jennifer Palmer

Leonard Earl Howze

Leonard Earl Howze

Dinka

Themes & Keywords

chicago, illinoishairdresserneighbordebttheftinner citymeetingex-conbarbershophoodlumloan sharkbarberdrearyabsurdadmiringambiguousamused

About Barbershop

Barbershop is a comedy, drama film released in 2002 exploring themes of chicago, illinois, hairdresser, neighbor, debt, theft, inner city. Directed by Tim Story, it stars Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Cedric the Entertainer. A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.

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