Beauty Shop

Apr 22, 2005

1h 45m

★ 6.3

A cut above

Overview

Far from Chicago, hairdresser Gina Norris has relocated to Atlanta with her daughter and has quickly established herself as a rare talent in her profession. But after repeatedly butting heads with her shady, over-the-top boss, Jorge, Norris sets out to create her own salon -- even snagging a few of Jorge's employees and clients. Now, Jorge will do anything to shut her down.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cube Vision

Beauty Shop Trailers

Cast

Gina Norris

Queen Latifah

Lynn

Alicia Silverstone

Jorge

Kevin Bacon

Joe

Djimon Hounsou

Ms. Josephine

Alfre Woodard

Terri

Andie MacDowell

Joanne

Mena Suvari

Vanessa

Paige Hurd

Chanel

Golden Brooks

Rochelle

LisaRaye McCoy

Darnelle

Keshia Knight Pulliam

Ida

Sherri Shepherd

Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career as a photographer. But Guy and Mia feel impelled to join the fight against fascism, and the three friends are separated.

6.7

Away We Go

Jun 5, 2009

Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be.

6.1

Show Boat

Jul 19, 1951

A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.

7.5

Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson

Aug 23, 2024

Chris Grace wrestles with the ideas of casting & diversity in Hollywood in this meta comedy special.

5.2

B.A.P.S

Mar 28, 1997

Two wannabe Black American princesses aim to marry rich men, who will pay for their world's first combination hair salon and soul food restaurant.

3.4

Susanna

Sep 20, 1996

An irresponsible young Spaniard having spent 6 months in jail for embezzlement gets a job as a waiter in a bar restaurant and becomes involved in a stolen goods racket.

4.6

The Cookout

Sep 3, 2004

When Todd Anderson signs a $30 million deal with his hometown team, the New Jersey Nets, he knows that his life is set for a big change. To keep things real, he decides to throw a barbeque at his place -- just like the ones his family used to have. But when you have new and old friends, family, agents, and product reps in the same house, things are bound to get crazy.

6.1

South Pacific

Mar 19, 1958

Can a girl from Little Rock find happiness with a mature French planter she got to know one enchanted evening away from the military hospital where she is a nurse? Or should she just wash that man out of her hair? Bloody Mary is the philosopher of the island and it's hard to believe she could be the mother of Liat who has captured the heart of Lt. Joseph Cable USMC. While waiting for action in the war in the South Pacific, sailors and nurses put on a musical comedy show. The war gets closer and the saga of Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque becomes serious drama.

5.4

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Mar 6, 2005

A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the morals of her small town. Based on the novel by Zora Neale Hurston.

6.1

The Souvenir

May 17, 2019

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

8.0

Brigitte Bardot

Jul 10, 2020

A "modern" Turkish family expects an exchange student from France who will accompany her 10-year-old daughter for the summer. Their shy daughter will not only practice French, but also have a friend finally. When this "expected visitor" came Nergiz is frustrated that the boy's name is Hafid and she does not find him "French" enough.

0.0

Cutter

Oct 14, 2022

When her newest client sends them both out to sea, a desperate maritime hairdresser learns an important lesson about internet strangers; the hard way.

5.4

Ask the Dust

Feb 2, 2006

Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.

6.4

Jungle Fever

Jun 7, 1991

A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.

7.2

West Side Story

Dec 13, 1961

In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, tensions are high as a gang of Polish-Americans compete against a gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, but this doesn't stop two romantics from each gang falling in love.

7.3

The Piano Teacher

Sep 5, 2001

Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.

7.6

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Dec 11, 1967

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.

5.7

Manta, Manta

Oct 3, 1991

A not-so-clever guy called Bertie with an Opel Manta (a low-budget European sports coupé from the '80s) gets competition in a street race from a guy with a fast Mercedes, and another slick guy with a Ferrari tries to get his hands on Bertie's girlfriend.