"Barbershop used to be a place of peace." Chicago is in a bad way. The violence has begun to take over and it finally hits the area around Calvin's (Cube) barbershop. When Calvin's son becomes involved in gang violence he has to once again wonders if the best course of action for his family is to close the shop. This series has been very strange. The first one was funny but didn't think it needed a sequel. The second one was really bad and I didn't like it at all. This one though I thought was the best of all 3. That being said that all pretty much have the same plot. This one has nothing all that original and the movie is fairly predictable but the reason to watch isn't for the plot. This movie has a great and very timely message. It was a little strange to see the guy responsible for F the Police to have such a strong anti-violence movie…but that actually adds a little to the impact of it. Overall, the best of the series with one of the best messages of any movie in the last few years. I actually recommend this for that, and the laughs. I give this a B.

I am never a fan of comedy movies having sequels and three-quels, very few can pull it off and when I saw the first trailer for this I wasn't excited at all. I ended up seeing this movie out of default. I wanted to see Jungle Book (but my friend wanted to take his boyfriend to see it so this was the only option LOL). I, pretty much, had low expectations going. I was very intrigued all the way through. About an hour in, I whispered to my friend "ummm...this is actually a really good movie."

Of course, like most films, it's not without its flaws but those are more subjective based on the individual's taste. But its nothing that cant be forgiven. There are some corny parts and some of the subject matter was a bit surface level but when it's a family film, I know that there not gonna go to in depth into politics, cheating, gang violence, etc.

What I enjoyed the most about it, is that there was an ongoing story line outside of the theme of the Barbershop. Everyone involved got a chance to shine and you didn't feel like many of the characters were just there. A lot of the social topics that were tackled in each Barbershop scene was very surface level (which is one flaw that I stated before) but it kind of had to be because if you delved deeper than it would have turned into the writers/director trying to force their own opinion on the audience. But it was meant to just open the door for the conversation to continue.

The comedy did what it was supposed to do. There were many corny parts, where I felt like the actors were reaching and there were some parts where laughed out loud.

My main gripe was with Nicki Minaj's character. She just played herself. She wasn't bad, it's just I'd be more impressed with her if she took a role that was the complete opposite of her hand as an artist.

All in all, I would definitely recommend this film to anyone. It's a fun, family film that is 100% enjoyable if you watch it with no expectations.

It's an alright third part of the (now) Barbershop trilogy.

Not that very many people actually asked for a third one but yeah it didn't turn out too bad, not as good as the first (which to me is a borderline classic) but slightly better than the second (which to me was just okay).

Not tremendously many surprises to be found, mostly consisting of people discussing various topics in a barbershop per usual. This time though often in a more serious tone as opposed to the previous films where it was mostly about the jokes (and yes black lives matters etc are covered in the topics but not to the point that it gets exhausting they do mix it up a bit).

Most of the old cast have been replaced with new characters, Ice Cube, Cedric and Eve are the only barbers to return in this movie.

Troy Garrity and Sean Patrick Thomas does both show up but they've left the barbershop and only serves as cameos this time around.

Michael Ealy and Leonard Earl Howze (African dude) are nowhere to be found.

The newer recruits are mostly okay though albeit can't really fill the big shoes the original gang left, Common might be an exception though, always found him to be one of the better rappers turned actors. Nicki Minaj mostly serves as eye-candy but it works.

Also JB Schmoove replaces DeRay Davis (who has said not even to been asked to return) as the 'hustle guy', I don't think they are the same character per sé but they don't really differ a whole lot.

Tyga who I'm not really much of a fan of I must admit is pretty good as a gang member in this.

Anyway overall, watchable for sure but if they do a fourth one they have to switch things up a bit more.

What is 1 + 1 + 1? 4, of course. (Duh!) Just like 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 3. Well, the math makes sense if you're talking about the "Barbershop" movies. Is 2016's "Barbershop: The Next Cut" (PG-13, 1:52), which was originally titled "Barbershop 3", the third or fourth in the series? It depends on how you count. The original film, 2002's "Barbershop", followed the personal and business lives of the black owner (Ice Cube) and workers in Calvin's Barbershop on Chicago's South Side. The sequel, 2004's "Barbershop 2: Back in Business", followed most of those same characters as they and their barbershop struggled with the gentrification of their neighborhood. That film also introduced the character of Gina (played by Queen Latifah), who moved from Chicago to Atlanta and opened up a beauty shop in her new neighborhood, in 2005's "Beauty Shop". (Does that make "Beauty Shop" a spin off or a sequel? Ah, therein lays our problematic math problem.) Either way, a decade later, the South Side of Chicago has become an even badder part of town (to paraphrase Jim Croce), but Calvin's Barbershop is still there.

Much has changed in the years since we last saw Calvin's Barbershop. To fight the lingering effects of the recession in their neighborhood, Calvin and local beauty shop owner, Angie (Regina Hall), have formed a partnership which has them both working out of the same space, now half barbershop and half beauty shop. Calvin's Barbershop is no longer "the original man cave" as one character calls it, but the co-ed atmosphere livens up the place with spirited conversations about the various problems and perceptions of men vs. women, as well as black vs. white. These discussions don't solve anything, but they are entertaining and even enlightening to listen to as the audience gets to hear how others think.

Like the previous "Barbershop" films, this one is mainly about the colorful characters who take care of the hair and also those who sit in the chair. On the ladies' side of the shop, besides co-owner Angie, we get to know the loud and curvaceous Draya (Nicki Minaj), who constantly flaunts her sexuality, and the somewhat quieter, but no less opinionated Bree (Margot Bingham), who often clashes with Draya. On the other side of the shop, working behind the one barber's chair that faces the door, Calvin still dispenses haircuts, while his deceased father's friend, Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer) dispenses wisdom and jokes in equal doses. Calvin's best friend, Rashad (Common) works at the next station down (when he's not arguing with his over-worked and jealous wife, played by Eve), while a morally ambiguous character called One Stop (J.B. Smoove) is near the door dispensing… whatever will make him a buck.

There are a couple other new faces among the male employees, including the lovably nerdy Jarrod (Lamorne Morris) and Raja (Utkarsh Ambudkar), the shop's "only non-negro", as he calls himself… after asking permission. We also meet Anthony (Torion Sellers), a clean-cut teen who helps out in the shop, and Dante (Deon Cole), a customer who never seems to leave. JD (Anthony Anderson) is back as the fast-talking co-owner of a catering business and Jimmy (Sean Patrick Thomas) is an alderman who is floating a controversial idea aimed at reducing neighborhood crime, which is the film's main theme.

There's much talk throughout the movie (including narrations by Ice Cube's character, book-ending the action) about Chicago's increasing problem with gang-related shootings. Calvin and company reject Jimmy's idea of permanently closing off some neighborhood streets to all vehicular traffic, but clearly SOMETHING has to be done. People are being shot and killed on Chicago streets on a daily basis and the barbershop employees have to dive for cover at one point when they hear shots fired right outside their windows, and, later, rival gang leaders (Jamal Woodard and Renell Gibbs) almost get violent when they end up in the barbershop at the same time. Meanwhile, Calvin's son, Jalen, who was born to him and his wife, Jennifer (Jazsmin Lewis), at the end of the original "Barbershop" is now a teenager (being played by Michael Rainey, Jr.) and is hanging around Rashad's son, Kenny (Diallo Thompson), while both boys are coming dangerously close to joining a street gang. The folks in the barbershop come up with an audacious plan to stem the tide of shootings in their neighborhood, but Calvin is also exploring the possibility of pulling up stakes and re-establishing his shop in a safer neighborhood on the North Side.

"Barbershop: The Next Cut" is an entertaining but flawed treatment of a critically important topic. Although the movie is a bit talky (not overly long, but the longest of the "Barbershop" films), the conversations are filled with funny, interesting and insightful moments. The story's drama (which is more prevalent than the comedy) is effective, but its subplots distract from the movie's main message of how gang violence is destroying lives and neighborhoods. The 2015 Spike Lee Joint "Chi-Raq" tackled the same problem (also in Chicago), but was more creative, more entertaining and ultimately more touching than this film. It also doesn't help that this film voices dislike for white people in general and dismissively mocks points of view different from those held by a majority of the people in Calvin's Barbershop. Awkwardly working distaste for an entire race into their conversations, while also portraying black people as a monolithic group who all have (or should have) the same opinions do the movie's mission no favors. However, the message (The killing must stop and solutions to neighborhood problems have to come from within!) is well worth repeating – and this film is well worth seeing. "B+"

Absolutely impressed with how Ice Cube has pushed this franchise forward.

Spike Lee's cousin, Malcolm Lee directs more of a love letter to Chicago (literally narrated by Ice Cube in the film) Than last years Chi-Raq (which I hear Chicago gives no love for)

I hope Chi-Town feels differently about Barbershop: the Next Cut. Despite being filmed in Georgia(according to the peach in the end credits), it is a positive silver lining, Rose growing in concrete type situation, that encourages hope for all African American Neighborhoods (And their local Barbershops)

Ice Cube returns as Calvin, a small business owner trying to keep his head afloat. He does this by merging with Angie who owned a Beauty shop(I don't think it's the same one from the Barbershop spin-off, Beauty Shop). Most importantly he's a father trying to do what is right for his son Jalen, who's growing up in a neighborhood that seems worse now than when he was coming up.

Cedric The Entertainer also returns as old school Barber Eddie, and Eve returns as Terri Jones who has made a success out of herself cutting hair for the rich and famous. The Next Cut also has nice cameo appearances from other Barbershop alum like Sean Patrick Thomas as Jimmy James whose made it all the way up to the Mayor's office, and comes back with the plot of the movie:

The Mayor's office's plans to end gang violence in the community would actually threaten the small businesses in the neighborhood including the Barbershop, so the shop comes up with the idea of making Calvin's a Swiss like neutral territory for all that come for one weekend to get the gangs talking about peace.

Some new blood up in the shop is Common, as Terri's husband, Rashad. Common gave an impressive performance, that was all political, dramatic romantic, and humorous (those are some leading man skills right there). It's interesting that rapper Ice Cube would allow another rapper to outshine him like that (I guess it's OK cause they are just acting).

The movie was a well done political satire on what is going on in the community today, and how much we all need to band together to create positiveness, and it was all done without lacking in the entertainment quality that puts the Barbershop film franchise up there with the Friday movies.

Fantastic Job!

'Barber Shop: The Next Cut' is that Hollywood classic, the sequel gone bad. The original was original, witty, joyously coarse and endless fun. This takes the same bunch of delightful performers (Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer and more, including including the splendid J.B.Smoove), and saddles them with a preachment on ghetto uplift. Not only that, there's a side order of gender equality and a dash of the need for sisterly solidarity. The result is that the original movie, which was a delicious guilty pleasure, has been turned into a slow-moving tract of the sort that earnest do-gooders think is hip and persuasive. All in all, this sequel has so much heart it has lost its soul.

Going into this movie, I did not think this was going to be great. It seemed like it was going to be a somewhat funny movie with a half decent story. I was very surprised though. It was hilarious and the story was not as cheesy as I expected it to be.

I was most concerned about the story not being good because of the subject matter. With the movie revolving around the shootings in Chicago, I was kind of hesitant because it seemed like it could have been very corny. They handled the story very well and maturely however, which I was not expecting at all. The plan for stopping the violence was not convoluted or unbelievable and I appreciated that a lot. However, there are some parts in the movie where I think that they could have taken out or done differently. Another reason why I had some concern about this movie was because of Common and Ice Cube. I saw that they were main characters in this movie and I was not sure how well they would perform. I have not seen a Common movie that I have enjoyed and Ice Cube's movies where he doesn't curse a lot are not that good to me in my opinion. Again, they proved me very wrong. They both played their roles very well and worked well with all of the other characters in the movie as well. The relationship they had with the people in the shop and their families were believable and it looked natural. Now one character, I did not hate, but I did not understand their placement in the story was Nicki Minaj. She had a set plan that I wasn't really sure the story needed but again I didn't hate her. Also, this movie was hilarious! I was laughing at almost every scene, especially the scenes where the whole barbershop was talking to each other. Everyone in there was very good at delivery and timing when it came to their jokes and this may have been the most surprising thing. I was not expecting everyone to be so funny together. If when you watch this you do not like the story, I guarantee that you will like the comedy in it. One thing I did not like about the movie was the fact that I could tell what was going to happen in the story too easily. If you have seen other movies like Babershop, I am pretty sure you will predict what will happen as well.

Other than that, I thought the movie was good and if you are looking for a movie to watch on a Friday night, this is a pretty good choice. It was good for what it was and although I probably would not watch it more than once, it was still an enjoyable movie.

Barbershop: The Next Cut is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Malcolm D. Lee. It is the fourth film in the Barbershop film series and stars an ensemble cast, including Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Regina Hall and Anthony Anderson.

Calvin, Eddie and the rest of the gang must work together to save their shop and their neighborhood from trigger-happy gang members that roam the streets.

Critics wrote positive comments about this fantastic comedy.

Barbershop: The Next Cut Is heartfelt, thought-provoking, and above all funny.

Absolutely recommended for teens and adults and to anyone sad and exhausted.

I guarantee you this fantastic comedy with amazing Black people will cheer you from start to finish.

This movie was supposed to be a comedy but quickly turned into garbage. Loved the first movie and had high hopes for the sequel and then this crap comes out. Getting tired of seeing all this BLM stuff on TV and how racism is still alive and effecting our communities but it's OK to promote and advertise that same garbage in movies. Want to overcome racism, try not promoting it and reminding everybody every second of the day about it. I'm by no way in hell a racist, so please let's not jump to conclusions. This movie has to be the worst piece of garbage Ice Cube's been in. There is nothing comedic about this movie. The movie is pure propaganda. Sadly disappointing

Calvin Palmer, Jr. (Ice Cube) is still in his barbershop. The south side of Chicago is overwhelmed with shootings. Tough times have forced Calvin to cohabit with the beauty shop. Rashad (Common) has married Terri (Eve) but their marriage is facing problems. Calvin is losing his son Jalen to a gang and he blames Rashad's son Kenny. Jimmy (Sean Patrick Thomas) tells the gang that city hall has a proposal to reduce the violence by isolating the neighborhood. Calvin attempts to stop the shootings with a weekend truce and free haircuts. Meanwhile Draya (Nicki Minaj) is trying to take Rashad for herself.

I like this attempt at the subject matter a little better than Spike Lee. It's great to have some of the gang return but it's a mistake to go co-ed. The earlier movies have an interesting male voice which would be intriguing for the gun issue. Bringing in the beauty shop changes the chemistry and the point of view. Lamorne Morris is a fun addition to the crew and a great punching bag for their jokes. Nicki Minaj is a little distracting because she's Nicki Minaj. Anthony Anderson reprises his role from the original but the serious subject matter doesn't seem to fit with his silly antics. Overall, this is a compelling subject done with heart and humor.

While I do not think "Barbershop: The Next Cut" is as good as the previous Barbershop films, it is still quite enjoyable and has a lot to offer. It also spends a lot of the film focusing on the mess that Chicago has become and some ways to perhaps improve it.

Like the previous films, there is a huge cast and very episodic nature to the picture. Many of the same folks from previous films are in this one as well as quite a few female beauticians. The main problems addressed in this one is Calvin (Ice Cube) and his son who is gravitating towards gangs as well as marital trouble one of the men is having...due in part to his wife almost never being home.

What I particularly liked about this one was the film half hour or so. Seeing the gang issue tackled and the emotional scenes between Calvin and his son were very satisfying. Overall, not a great film but a worth addition to a very good franchise.

Barbershop: The Next Cut

The difference between a black and white barbershop is that police don't shoot up the latter every other week.

Surprisingly, it's not the cops conducting drive-bys in this comedy, but gangbangers.

As the owner of the first coed barbershop/salon, Calvin (Ice Cube) is constantly caught in the crossfire of the daily disputes between his female (Nicki Minaj, Eve) and male (Common, Sean Patrick Thomas, Cedric the Entertainer) employees.

But he's caught in a deadlier crossfire when a turf war erupts on the block. To fight back, he throws a benefit for the neighbourhood that garners national attention.

While this shearing series is showing signs of lassitude, especially in the laugh department, this second sequel is on point when it comes to the issue of gun-violence. However, Common's infidelity sub-plot involving Nicki Minaj undermines the message.

Furthermore, with women around men can no longer hangout at the barbershop all-day drinking Barbicide.

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Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer return in a belated sequel Barbershop: The Next Cut which feels less like a comedy and more a dramedy with socio-political commentary relating to gang violence in Chicago.

The Barber shop is now mixed with a female co-owner and had Nicky Minaj as a brassy hairdresser who makes a play for Ice Cube's best friend and fellow hairdresser Common.

There is plenty of making fun and discussing topical issues but gang violence gets in the forefront as Ice Cube's son is getting older and wilder. Ice Cube thinks the neighbourhood is no longer safe and wants to move out for the sake of his son.

Not sure offering free haircuts would ever end gang violence but the film felt mawkish and heavy handed when the comedy should had been in the forefront.

Dedicated barber Calvin has formed a partnership with Angie and the two of them (along with their irrepressible colleagues) are relishing their success. At the same time, Calvin is trying to be a good father to his smart but impressionable teenage son who's fallen in league with the wrong crowd as the neighborhood continues to be encroached upon by negative influences. An enjoyable but most unusual follow-up; when it spotlights the day-to-day routine of the shop and interplay between it's likable, wisecracking characters it's pleasant enough (though not uproariously funny), however with so much emphasis placed on a subplot about the emergence of gang violence and deterioration of Chicago's South Side, it works better as a social commentary than an actual comedy. In spite of that, the central theme is a good one and Cube provides a sincere, sympathetic portrayal of a man torn between his commitment to his business, and his responsibilities as a father. Well-cast, deeply political, and easy to take, but those expecting loads of laughs may be unsatisfied. **½

This is my review of Barbershop: The Next Cut (spoiler free)

***1/2 (3.5/5)

Cast: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Regina Hall, Sean Patrick Thomas, Common, Nicki Minaj.

Plot: As their surrounding community has taken a turn for the worse, the crew at Calvin's Barbershop come together to bring some much needed change to their neighborhood.

The sequel to Barbershop is still as funny and as entertaining as the first. There aren't many sit-com style movies out there and Barbershop Th Next Cut is as fresh as it can get. Ice Cube stars as Calvin owner of Calvin's Barbershop and the majority of the film takes place in the shop. Very original because you don't see it done a lot. Director Malcolm D. Lee the maker of many other comedies returns with the second film in the Barbershop series. The scripting is very original and pretty much the entire film is banter and the banter is very good it is the key thing that made this film funny and actually bearable to watch. Calvin's Barbershop is just a normal business full of normal people, but the fact that it also has spiraling drama it makes this comedy just that little bit better.

Here are some points as to why this is the comedy to watch:

Story: The story follows from the first and sometimes this film has points to show that it is better than the first. The story feels slow at first but then when the tension unfolds that is when it really shines. Calvin not only has to run his business but he also has to cope with his son who is going off the rails. My personal favourite part about this film is the tension between Calvin and his son because of the love that Calvin shows and his son is just ignoring it, he cares more about his friends. The story feels very dynamic.

Characters: The characters are all normal people with normal lives trying to make a living. Most of the key characters are employees in the shop itself, that is what makes this film original. My favourite character is Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer), Eddie is on the brink of retirement and it just seems like he doesn't want to leave. Eddie made this movie excruciatingly funny. Calvin is my second favourite character although he doesn't talk much in the film I guess that is because he is trying to get his work done but he is the one to break up the fights.

This is an entertaining sequel and hopefully one that will just lift your heart with it's tension and it's drama. It is a very good slow paced comedy but sometimes they are the best comedies but only sometimes.

The bad thing is, is that the slow pace of the story makes it seem longer than it really is but it isn't big thing.

Verdict: Funny, dynamic and a whole lot of fun hope I can get an appointment. It makes you want to get a fresh cut.

7/10 entertaining comedy sequel.

I was really expecting more from this movie. The story seems to be written by a 10 year old, i got the feeling that most of the actions in the movie happened only to fill the 2hrs, they had the main idea but that would be only 40 min "let's add some useless actions to make the movie longer", none of the actors seemed to enjoy being in the movie, the acting was correct but with no passion and dedication to the role they were playing, it looked very fake.

It has been more than 10 years since our last appointment at Calvin's Barbershop. Calvin (Ice Cube) and his longtime crew, including Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer), are still there, but the shop has undergone some major changes. Most noticeably, our once male-dominated sanctuary is now co-ed. The ladies bring their own flavor, drama and gossip to the shop challenging the fellas at every turn. Despite the good times and camaraderie within the shop, the surrounding community has taken a turn for the worse, forcing Calvin and our crew to come together to not only save the shop, but their neighborhood. I loved this hilarious movie and the Black women were so cute and smart. This excellent film has an impressive political satire theme of reformation and not just satire in itself.

The movie is terrible. It starts with the totally artificial setting: A ton of people sitting around in a barbershop indulging in group talk all day long. That's cheap to shot, but not realistic, is it? The dialogs are transparent, obvious and unintelligent, hitting cliché after cliché after cliché. The actors are stereotypical, shallow. There is nothing interesting to discover in this movie, no surprises. There is no plot. It's all just endless boring talk. Who wants that on a movie night?! The movie wants to carry big messages, but it fails, because it's just so badly made and boring. We wanted to like this movie and expected laughter and surprises, but got none of that. No one in the theater laughed, ever. We walked out after 30 minutes, because it seemed like an utter waste of time.

Going through these awesome movies is quite enjoyable and Malcom D. Lee did solid with this. Awesome colors, solid cast with most the same, goofiness, and more crime than before; these movies don't get enough appreciation. More banter although Cedric has plenty of wisdom. Nicki Manji is a great addition, wonderful to see Eve and how she still has the cult classic joke about the apple juice that's always wonderful! JB Smoove is amazing too he has the best personality. The only thing that should've been left out is how much violence is mentioned to much hostility, this is the most depressing of the Barbershop films.

Feels a lot like the first movie I love the acting of the group very much. I hated the comment I hate white people too from the young Indian actor who was the only one who says anything racial about white people in the film.its a great movie and a wonderful series I quite enjoy.