| | | Back in business.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital 5.1, English, French, Spanish, Subtitles
The crew is back in Barbershop 2: Back in Business, a sequel to the original comedy smash hit. Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Troy Garity, Michael Ealy, and Leonard Earl Howze--they're all still there in Calvin's shop, this time with Queen Latifah joining the fun as Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop next door. They're cutting hair, creating a sense of community, and having their signature Barbershop discussions--outrageous, explosive, and hilarious. The world changes, but some things never go out of style--you can still say anything you want at the barbershop.
"A warmhearted and surprisingly ambitious sequel." Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle
"An even richer, smarter, funnier sequel." John Patterson, LA Weekly
"In its own way, it's the Ivory Soap of sequels: 99 and 44/100% pure." Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun
Editor's Note
In this follow-up to the 2002 original, BARBERSHOP 2 reunites the same cast of characters for more fun and laughs. Ice Cube is the charming Calvin Palmer, one of South Side Chicago's most upstanding business owners. But when the nefarious Quentin Leroux (Harry Lennix) shows up across the street with the flashy, hip Nappy Cutz, Calvin's shop is in jeopardy once again. While contending with his constantly bickering staff of barbers (Cedric the Entertainer, Eve, Sean Patrick Thomas, Troy Garity, Michael Ealy, and Leonard Earl Howze), Calvin must also decide whether or not to take a payoff from the slimy Alderman Brown (Robert Wisdom).Director Kevin Rodney Sullivan and screenwriter Don D. Scott open their sequel with a heartwarming ode to the major figures in African-American culture over the past fifty years. But while the film retains that spirit, it doesn't forget the tricks that made the first BARBERSHOP such a smash hit. Cedric the Entertainer's hilarious Eddie gets much more screen time, including a flashback that explains why he will always be welcome in Calvin's shop. There's also Gina (Queen Latifah), Calvin's fiery ex, who runs the beauty shop next door, and who is well on her way to becoming a screen franchise of her very own.
| Features | Audio Commentary By Director Kevin Rodney Sullivan And Producers Robert Teitel And George Tilman Jr. | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; Spanish Dolby Stereo | | Behind-The-Scenes Photo Gallery | | Cast Video Commentary By Cedric The Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Troy Garity And Jazsmin Lewis | | Extended Music Video--Mary J. Bilge Featuring Eve: "Not Today" | | Hilarious Outtakes | | Interactive Menus | | Music Video--Sleepy Brown Featuring Outkast: "I Can't Wait" | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Scene Selection | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround | | Widescreen Presentation | | Behind the scenes photo gallery | | Trailers: Beauty Shop, Agent Cody Banks 2, Walking Tall, Soul Plane, Barbershop, Bulletproof Monk, Dark Blue, Out of Time | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Audio commentary with director & producers | | Mary J. Blige featuring Eve "Not Today" extended music video | | Sleepy Brown featuring Outkast "I Can't Wait" music video | | Deleted scenes |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 9/20/2005 |
| Running Time: 100 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 1006313 | | UPC: 00027616905147 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | Los Angeles Times
"Beneath the film's abundant, good-natured bantering, its socially conscious undercurrents flow steadily, and director Kevin Rodney Sullivan mixes the serious and the hilarious with considerable ease." 02/06/2004 p.E3USA Today
"The second BARBERSHOP is just as sharply funny and as heartwarming, yet unsentimental, as the first." 02/06/2004 p.8E Entertainment Weekly
"BARBERSHOP 2 is smart enough to hook us with the best thing it has going: Cedric the Entertainer's gruffy uproarious and lived-in performance as Eddie." 02/13/2004 p.53 Box Office
"[R]ipe with memorable lines and witty predicaments." 03/01/2004 p.28 Rolling Stone 5 of 10
Don't get me wrong. There is fun to be had in the sequel to the 2002 hit starring Ice Cube as Calvin - Peter Travers
Chicago Sun-Times 6 of 10
Did I like the film? Yeah, kinda, but not enough to recommend. The first film arrived with freshness - Roger Ebert
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