Beauty Shop

lLght and likable - a low-budget "Steel Magnolias" without pretense.Read Full Review »

The beauty of the "Shop" movies is that they provide a stage for lively characters.Read Full Review »

Beauty Shop extends the popular "Barbershop" franchise to Atlanta and provides a sassy feminine counterpart to its cozy men's-club vibe.Read Full Review »

For all the vivid, amusing characters that surround Gina, Beauty Shop rightly belongs to Latifah, who comes into her own as a star and an actress in this film.Read Full Review »

The plot progression can be guessed early on, but the film is more about humor and heart than a clever story.Read Full Review »

Formulaic but extremely good-natured comedy.Read Full Review »

It's a boisterous and amiable movie but not, in the end, a very funny one.Read Full Review »

Spends too much time being convivial and not enough time looking for the kind of real conflict that begets a good comedy.Read Full Review »

Breezy, sporadically funny.Read Full Review »

Mildly amusing and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny, with much of its humor playing off foolish white folks and gay stereotypes.Read Full Review »