Beauty Shop (PG)

Rating:	★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Comedy

A spin-off from "Barbershop", "Beauty Shop" lets the women get their own chance to style, shampoo, shine, and speak their minds. Gina Norris (Queen Latifah) was working for Jorge Christophe (Kevin Bacon), trying to make a name for herself and her cutting-edge hairstyles. But when her flamboyant, egotistical & unappreciative boss, Jorge, takes it out on her too far, she quits & open a shop of her own, taking the shampoo girl Lynn (Alicia Silverstone) and a few key clients with her. Gina risks it all to buy a rundown beauty shop. Inheriting a group of headstrong stylists, a colorful clientele, and a hunky electrician Joe (Djimon Hounsou) that lives upstairs. The road to achieving her dreams is no walk in the park, especially when Jorge does his best to ruin her business.

A really "homie" movie, y'all noe wat I'm sayin'. A "Sistah" movie with lots of black (nop...not horror) humor, shakin' the head while swayin' the finger from left to right. And a feel g'ud movie which deliver messages telling all the sistahs to be & stand up for who they are, believe in friendship & be daring to take that 1st step.

Though the plot is a little too simple (eg. relationship between Gina & Joe not well developed), the shopful of outrageous women speaking their minds make this film more than interesting. All the bitchin' & slammin' turn this into a "Chicken Hawk" flick amongst the "Chick" flicks. Also not forgetting Kevin Bacon's super supporting role which captures alot of attention.

An enjoyable movie if y'all haven't the problem understandin' the homies talk dat is!

Director: Bille Woodruff
Writer(S): Elizabeth Hunter, Kate Lanier, Norman Vance, Jr, Audrey Wells
Cast: Queen Latifah, Alicia Silverstone, Andie MacDowell, Alfre Woodard, Mena Suvari, Kevin Bacon, Djimon Hounsou

1 stars for all the bitchin' & humor, 1 for Kevin Bacon & 1 for makin' me feel like I'm one of the homies during the show.