The Big Tease

This much is true: Armed with clippers, combs and countless cans of mousse, hairdressers the world over really do gather in major cities to compete in styling contests known as "hair-offs." The rest of Scottish-director Kevin (TWIN TOWN) Allen's giddy mockumentary is somewhat less factual, but nevertheless contains more ugly truths about the beauty business and our image-obsessed culture than most of us would care to admit. Convinced he's been hand-picked to compete against the world's top hair designers in L.A.'s elite World Freestyle Hairdressing Competition, starry-eyed Scot Crawford Mackenzie (Craig Ferguson, of The Drew Carey Show fame) packs his bags, ...