Queen Latifah's warmly formidable presence drives this amiable but poky comedy, loosely spun off from Ice Cube's popular BARBERSHOP pictures. Widowed stylist Gina Norris (Latifah) has relocated from Chicago to Atlanta so her talented little girl, Vanessa (Paige Hurd), can attend a prestigious music school. They move in with her down-to-earth mother-in-law Paulette (Laura Hayes) and Paulette's lazy, airheaded daughter, Darnelle (Keshia Knight Pulliam), who never met a sleazy player she didn't like. Gina makes good money working for swishy poseur Jorge Christophe (Kevin Bacon), but Jorge's snippy, condescending backbiting works her nerves. So she quits, finagles a mode...
Released:
2005
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
105 mins