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Barbershop (2002)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Production Photos Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites Recommendations Sign in to receive personalized recommendations. Sign In Or  Sign Up   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B Source Brief Review Grade* Atlanta Journal-Constitution Bruce Newman "One of the most refreshing things about this movie is the way it gives free rein to the sort of freewheeling debate that actually rages in some barbershops..." more... B- Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "The movie's so good to listen to, it would even work as an audio book." more... B   Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington "...an entertaining, surprisingly well-written and often rowdily amusing picture." more... B   Cincinnati Enquirer David Germain "...strikes a rare blend of edgy ghetto attitude and communal decency." more... B   E! Online "...a cut above the season's other comedies." more... B+ filmcritic.com Annette Cardwell "...both cliché and refreshingly unusual all in the same breath." more... B   Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck "An amiable and entertaining comedy..." more... B   Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas "...an experience that is richer than anticipated." more... A- New York Post Lou Lumenick "A rollicking treat." more... A- New York Times A. O. Scott "...a warm, generous comedy..." more... B   Rolling Stone Peter Travers "...a sitcom pilot disguised as a movie." more... C- San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle "...the big laughs go a long way toward picking up the slack." more... B   Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold "...the movie makes a cogent, optimistic and mostly entertaining slice of ghetto life." more... B   Slant Magazine Ed Gonzalez "...it's ennobled by its simplicity but it offers nothing daring or refreshing on the topic of race or civic relations." more... B- USA Today Claudia Puig "...a genial but largely predictable ensemble comedy..." more... B- * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)