Barbershop 2: Back in Business Critic Reviews

Smart enough to hook us with the best thing it has going: Cedric the Entertainer's gruffly uproarious and lived-in performance as Eddie.Read the full review

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. Read the full review

A warmhearted and surprisingly ambitious sequel.Read the full review

Just as sharply funny and as heartwarming, yet unsentimental, as the first. Read the full review

Pleasing blend of humor, sentiment and commentary. Read the full review

Has a rollicking time reaching its foreseeable conclusion.Read the full review

What separates Calvin and Eddie from the typical comic hero -- and each "Barbershop" movie from the standard yuk-fest -- is that these folks know how to back up all the hot air with meaningful action. Read the full review

Did I like the film? Yeah, kinda, but not enough to recommend. The first film arrived with freshness and an unexpected zing, but this one seems too content to follow in its footsteps.Read the full review

Intermittently funny, and at times even affecting, but its drama veers into soap-opera territory, and its comedy too often reeks of sitcom laziness. Read the full review