
Barbershop
Taste attributes: comedydramadetectivetried & testedlinearenclosedcomplex relationship
"Everyone's gettin' lined up."
Boxlist takeA comedy-drama that sits near the middle on every taste dimension: nothing pushed to extremes.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
6.3 /10
TMDB · 336 votes
Where to watch
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Streaming data: JustWatch
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What lines up
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
- Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
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Synopsis
A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
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Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











