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Booty Shop, 30 March 2005
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kergillian ([email protected]) from Montreal, Canada
This was Booty Shop more than Beauty Shop, and a spin off with a strong
cast and a lot of potential was buried in silliness. The Barbarshop
films were successful because they were feel good, fun and had a sense
of victory for the hardworking father.
This time, we have the exact same sentiments in reverse - mother
instead of father, all women stylists except the one guy, all black
except the one white girl - except instead of having a white guy who is
trying to be a boy from the hood from the outset, we have a girl who
forgoes her personality in favour of becoming a black wannabe. So the
message from that perspective is that in order to fit in and be
accepted one must conform to be just like everyone else. Good for a few
laughs, but loses something in the translation.
The standouts here are Kevin Bacon who is outstanding and hilarious as
Jorge the not- quite-Austrian salon owner, and Djimon Hounsou, who is
charming and catches you with the kindest face in film.
The rest of the cast are average, each actor and actress playing
themselves and bringing nothing special to the table.
On the whole, this film is just a shadow of the Barbershop films,
basically trying to emulate them frame by frame, except for one
important aspect: this film has no plot. No story. it's just a bunch of
scenes strung together by the overall premise of a beauty shop owner
trying to make it in this crazy world. No story and no Cedric the
entertainer and a ton of excessively vulgar booty humour equals a poor
(wo)man's Barbershop. I'd save your tenner and wait for the DVD - or
better yet, rent the Barbershop films. They're the better bet, as the
originals usually are when compared with the clones. 5/10.
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