Beauty Shop


Beauty Shop is a 2005 American comedy film directed by Bille Woodruff. The film serves as both a third installment and a spinoff of the Barbershop film franchise, and stars Queen Latifah as Gina, a character first introduced in the 2004 film BarbershopBack in Business. This film also stars Alicia Silverstone, Andie MacDowell, Mena Suvari, Kevin Bacon and Djimon Hounsou.

Upon buying the salon, she runs into instant barriers loudmouthed young stylists, older clients who are set in their ways, an energetic young boy named Willie Lil JJ who constantly flirts with women including Vanessa while filming for his next music video, people wary of her ability as a hairdresser and the constant trouble her rebellious sisterinlaw, Darnelle Keshia Knight Pulliam, finds herself in. Gina issues an ultimatum with Darnelle to clean up her act and start paying her back or she will be evicted. In a short time, the previous owners clients become her own and many of her former customers find their way from Jorges to her salon. When electrical issues arise, she finds that the upstairs renter, Joe, is a handsome electrician from Africa who eventually bonds with Vanessa due to his skills on the piano. Because Jorge is jealous that his shop is losing clients to Ginas, he pays a health inspector named Crawford Jim Holmes, to find various ways to shut down Ginas business.Over time, neighborhood regulars frequent the shop and the varied stylists become close to Gina, as does Joe Djimon Hounsou. One of her former clients from Jorges even uses her connections to set up a meeting with Cover Girl for Ginas homemade miracle conditioner, affectionately called hair crack. ........

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