Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Kevin Rodney Sullivan

Writers (WGA):

Mark Brown (characters)
Don D. Scott (written by)

Release Date:

6 February 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Back in business.

Plot:

Why not spend another day with the crew at Calvin's shop in the South Side of Chicago?

Plot Keywords:

Barbershop | Politics | Flashback Sequence | Fire Truck | Small Business

Awards:

2 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Ice Cube	...	Calvin
Cedric the Entertainer	...	Eddie
Sean Patrick Thomas	...	Jimmy
Eve	...	Terri
Troy Garity	...	Isaac
Michael Ealy	...	Ricky
Leonard Earl Howze	...	Dinka
Harry Lennix	...	Quentin Leroux
Robert Wisdom	...	Alderman Brown
Jazsmin Lewis	...	Jennifer
Carl Wright	...	Checkers Fred
DeRay Davis	...	Hustle Guy
Kenan Thompson	...	Kenard
Queen Latifah	...	Gina
Garcelle Beauvais	...	Loretta (as Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language, sexual material and brief drug references.

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (flashback scenes) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Norway:11 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Denmark:7 | Netherlands:AL | Sweden:Btl | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | France:U | New Zealand:M | Australia:M | Finland:K-7 | Germany:6 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39991) | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

The football jersey that Ice Cube is wearing during the last part of the movie is a Gale Sayers #40 Chicago Bears throwback jersey made by Mitchell & Ness.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the first Barbershop, the tattoo of the woman is on Ricky's left arm. In the sequel, it appears on his right arm. This may not be evident because he is wearing mostly long-sleeved shirts in the first movie, but one of the deleted scenes shows him in a tank-top and the tattoo is visible.

Quotes:

Kenard: [When Calvin tells him that he has to take down the pictures of swimsuit models that he had put up on the mirror in front of his chair] Come on Calvin, you know I can't cut without the butt.

Movie Connections:

References "The Jeffersons" (1975)

Soundtrack:

Stars and Stripes

Satisfactory sequel

"Barbershop 2: Back in Business" is a logical and somewhat more expansive continuation of the original "Barbershop" film. However, it suffers from sqeuelness; a lack of appreciation because it can't be as fresh at the first. "Barbershop 2" also spends more time outside the shop with some backstory history, competition from a Nappy Cutz franchise across the street, Queen Latifah's salon for a heartbeat, etc. and less time with what made the original film special and charming; the good natured repartee between barbers, Eddie's (Cedric) racial worldview philosophy, barber/customer interaction, zingers, etc. Bottom line is simple. Watch "Barbershop" first. If you like it, give this film a try. If not, not. (C+)