Calvin (Ice Cube) never wanted to take over the family business, a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Disgusted with the shop's crime-ridden neighborhood, and caught up in his moneymaking schemes, one morning Calvin decides to sell the shop to the shady Lester (Keith David). Chastised by his ...more
MPAA Rating: PG13 | Year: 2002 | Running Time: 102 minutes
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Barbershop is a genial urban workplace comedy. Director Tim Story keeps things moving at an appropriately bouncy pace, and the cast is energetic and appealing. Barbershop is clearly modeled after Car Wash, and manages to capture some of that movie's low-key, lightweight charm. While the plot tangentially encompasses guns, crime, and overzealous police, the film takes place in a sunny, bright, and essentially tension-free inner city Chicago. In fact, Barbershop could use a touch of the ...more
- Ice Cube - Calvin Palmer
- Anthony Anderson - J.D.
- Cedric the Entertainer - Eddie
- Sean Patrick Thomas - Jimmy James
- Troy Garity - Isaac Rosenberg
- Lorenzo Clemons - Bank Manager
- Dev Kennedy - Detective Williams' Partner
- Eddie Bo Smith, Jr. - Crazy Inmate
- Marshall Titus - Customer Joe
- Cliff Frazier - Customer Kwame
- Eric Lane - Customer Rodney
- Kevin Morrow - Monk
- Kwame Amoaku - Stair Guy
- Jason Winston George - Kevin
- Tim Story - Director
- Matt Alvarez - Executive Producer
- Mark Brown - Producer
- George Tillman, Jr. - Producer
- Robert Teitel - Producer
- Marshall Todd - Screenwriter
- Don D. Scott - Screenwriter
- Mark Brown - Screenwriter
- Felicia Fasano - Casting
- Mary Vernieu - Casting
- Trevor Ward - Consultant/advisor
- John Carter - Editor
- Terence Blanchard - Composer (Music Score)
- George Kohut - Camera Operator
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Release Date: 12/31/2002













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