A day in the life of a South Side Chicago barbershop.A day in the life of a South Side Chicago barbershop.A day in the life of a South Side Chicago barbershop.
- Awards
- 1 win & 17 nominations
Cedric The Entertainer
- Eddie
- (as Cedric the Entertainer)
Lahmard J. Tate
- Billy
- (as Lahmard Tate)
Storyline
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- TriviaShortly after the film's theatrical release in late September 2002, Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton protested over some of the statements made by Cedric The Entertainer's character Eddie about African-American historical figures Rosa Parks ("Rosa Parks ain't do nuthin' but sit her Black ass down; there was a whole lotta other people that sat down on the bus, and they did it way before Rosa did!"), Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ("Martin Luther King was a ho [whore]!"), and Jackson himself ("Fuck Jesse Jackson"). Jackson and Sharpton pressured MGM to edit these scenes out of the film before its DVD release in January 2003; the film was released with the "controversial" scenes intact.
- GoofsWhen Calvin is driving Ricky, after Ricky throws the gun in the river, he makes a left turn. His hands move and the background scenery changes accordingly, but he only slides his hand over the steering wheel, which stays still.
- Alternate versionsUK video version was edited (for language) by 51 sec. to secure a '12' rating. Additionaly some of the supplementary material for the DVD was cut (47 sec.) to keep the video rating. An uncut '15' was available to the distributor.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Uncensored Comedy: That's Not Funny! (2003)
- SoundtracksTrade It All (Part 2)
Written by Brandon Casey (as B. Casey), Brian Casey (as B. Casey), Duro (as K. Ifill),
Fabolous (as J. Jackson), DJ Clue (as E. Shaw), Loon (as C. Hawkins)
Performed by Fabolous featuring Sean 'Diddy' Combs (as P. Diddy) & Jagged Edge
Courtesy of Desert Storm/Elektra Records
Featured review
A low-key comedy-drama worth checking out.
I thought this was a pretty decent flick. I laughed out loud at least twice, which is OK, because this film is not really supposed to be hilarious, just sardonic, mostly. Cedric the Entertainer was good, but not truly believable as an elderly man. Ice Cube turned in a quite good performance. In some of his previous films, I had thought he was pretty good, but rather one-dimensional. ("Anaconda" "Three Kings") Here, he definitely extends his acting range enough to be taken seriously. And wherever the one-named "Eve" came from, she nailed her character. There's a lot more to this movie than the controversial lines from Eddie (Cedric). It was interesting to see some black characters be aware of, and concerned about, the pathologies in the black community. But I guess this is spoken of only in barbershops, or elsewhere away from whites. Overall, definitely worth a look. Grade: B+
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $75,782,105
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $20,627,433
- Sep 15, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $77,063,924
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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