Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Kevin Rodney Sullivan steps in to direct the urban comedy sequel Barbershop 2: Back in Business. The whole gang -- Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer), Jimmy James (Sean Patrick Thomas), Terri (Eve), Isaac (Troy Garity), Ricky (Michael Ealy), and Dinka (Leonard Earl Howze) -- are still there in the same old barbershop in the south side of Chicago. Owner Calvin Palmer (Ice Cube) tries to keep his family business alive in order to pass it on to his own son one day. However, the beloved neighborhood barber shop is threatened by a hair salon franchise called Nappy Cuts. This time around, the old friends are joined by Gina (Queen Latifah) from the beauty shop next door.
Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Starring: Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Troy Garity
Smart enough to hook us with the best thing it has going: Cedric the Entertainer's gruffly uproarious and lived-in performance as Eddie.
It's a warm, often funny reunion of the sassiest, chattiest characters ever to buzz a brother's head. You'll like this one more than you'd expect.
A warmhearted and surprisingly ambitious sequel.
Just as sharply funny and as heartwarming, yet unsentimental, as the first.
Pleasing blend of humor, sentiment and commentary.
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Box Office Movie
BET Comedy Awards (2004)
Best Actor, Muscial or Comedy
Black Reel Awards (2005)
Choice Movie Actress - Comedy
Teen Choice Awards (2004)
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