Lack of good storyline.

Brilliant and touching

Best movie ever!

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

CUBE Does It AgainBarbershop 2: Back in Business is a great sequel, one which delivers fresh, subversive laughs. Sure the plot is just about the same as the first, but the movie still entertains and the cast is even better since we have a few new characters, such as Queen Latifah who plays Gina, the owner of another barbershop near Calvin's. Ice Cube returns as Calvin Palmer, the owner of a very popular barbershop on the Chicago Southside. The entire cast does return, and offers something a little new to the film, surely Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer) for in this film he rambles about the Kobe Bryant trial, R. Kelly and Michael Jackson as well as a few others. Eve returns as Teri, Sean Patrick Thomas, Michael Ealy, Troy Garity and more. I should also point out that this installment is directed by a different director, Kevin Rodney Sullivan who made his debut with this film and he keeps the franchise going more than well. Barbershop 2: Back In Business is rated PG-13 for Language, Sexual Material and Brief Drug References. The language is a bit bawdy and rough, there's also sexual innuendo nothing explicit though. The film has already been a hit and surely deserves to be one, I'm not too sure if it's better than the first but it sure is as good. Head down to the theatre and check out Barbershop 2.

The Barbershop is back and Ice Cube still can't act. I guess you can't blame him for trying... or is he trying? He had a decent enough supporting cast around him for his lack of acting skills to go partially unnoticed. I like Cedric the Entertainer so his parts were small boosts to help me through the rest of the movie.It goes as no surprise that the first Barbershop was better. The story just wasn't as compelling this time around. A modern, state of the art, super barbershop opens across the street from Calvin's small, traditional, and welcoming barbershop; posing a threat to his business. This happens just after he got through saving his barbershop too. Of course there are the sub-plots as well, and they were equally uninteresting if not more. Overall, you are treated with a few laughs and a happy ending, so the movie wasn't all bad.

i own the first Barbershop on DVD. twenty minutes into this movie, i had to cut it off, and go watch the first Barbarshop again. usually when you watch a sequel, it's not really necessary to watch the first movie to understand. but unless you have an impeccable memory, you may lose a few of the story lines that are continued in the sequel. do not get me wrong, this movie was still very funny. and the plot was surprisingly good. the only reason why i did not give this movie a higher rating, is because of all the story lines! every character (which all of them have returned) is getting developed this time. we learn more about all of them in Barbershop 2. but on a personal note, i cared about some of the story lines more than others (like watching Michael Ealy's storyline, simply because he is fine!). if you did not see the first Barbershop, or forgot, this movie may have be a bit hard to follow. the relationship between Jimmy and Isaac; the lust Dinka had for Terry; how Eddie spoke about a woman named Loretta; how Terry was hurt by her man; Ricky's lifestyle that brought him to the shop; how Isaac was the new lame, white boy and no one wanted to sit in his chair...all of these are story lines in Barbershop 1 that get developed in Barbarshop 2 (and even more story lines are added on!) but either way, it's obvious that the producers ran out of time, and simply had to cut out some things that would have developed some of the story lines better.all in all, the movie is still hilarious. the acting is still above average. Cedric still makes you roll with his off the wall comments. and the storyline is up to par with what is going on in a lot of urban communities nowadays- how "big business" development is having an impact on traditional and/or historical "mom & pop" shops. in fact, all of the scenes surrounding that issue, are QUITE accurate.

This movie is once again another good movie. It equally if not surpasses the first one. This one takes a similar but great plot and makes another good movie. This movie has added more comedy. Cedric is hilarious once again. Ice Cube portrays Calvin with another great role. The conversations push away from music and TV and deal with Politics. Some characters are annoying but overall its good to have the same cast back. The Barbecue with Queen Latifa in it was great not to mention foreshadowing (Beauty Shop). The love triangle from the previous movie is brought back with double the laughs. The politics and the barbershop being put on TV were all hilarious. I'm glad this movie was able to keep things fresh in Chicago. If you loved the first one then check this one out.