Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)

Why not spend another day with the crew at Calvin's shop in the South Side of Chicago?

Director:

Kevin Rodney Sullivan

Writers:

Mark Brown (characters), Don D. Scott

Stars:

Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Eve

2 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ice Cube	...	Calvin
Cedric the Entertainer	...	Eddie
Sean Patrick Thomas	...	Jimmy
Eve	...	Terri
Troy Garity	...	Isaac
Michael Ealy	...	Ricky
Leonard Earl Howze	...	Dinka
Harry Lennix	...	Quentin Leroux
Robert Wisdom	...	Alderman Brown
Jazsmin Lewis	...	Jennifer
Carl Wright	...	Checkers Fred
DeRay Davis	...	Hustle Guy
Kenan Thompson	...	Kenard
Queen Latifah	...	Gina
Garcelle Beauvais	...	Loretta (as Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon)

Storyline

The continuing adventures of the barbers at Calvin's Barbershop. Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop next door, is now trying to cut in on his buisness. Calvin is again struggling to keep his father's shop and traditions alive--this time against urban developers looking to replace mom & pop establishments with name-brand chains. The world changes, but some things never go out of style--from current events and politics to relationships and love, you can still say anything you want at the barbershop.

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Plot Keywords:

barbershop | politics | sequel | boyfriend girlfriend relationship | fire truck | 

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Taglines:

Back in business.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language, sexual material and brief drug references

Details

Official Sites:

MGM

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 February 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Barbearia 2 - De Volta ao Negócio

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£73,174 (UK) (16 April 2004)

Gross:

$64,955,956 (USA) (21 May 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), State Street Pictures, Cube Vision

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Black and White (flashback scenes) Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The football jersey that Ice Cube is wearing during the last part of the movie is a Gale Sayers #40 Chicago Bears throwback jersey made by Mitchell & Ness.

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Goofs

A flashback to 1969 shows Eddie meeting Loretta on Chicago's Red Line train. The Red Line did not begin operating until 1994.

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Quotes

Jimmy: So, you big time now, huh? you're the "Eminem" of the barber world now, huh?
Issac: Yeah. That's why they call me "Slim Fadey!"

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Crazy Credits

The song by Black Eyed Peas playing during the opening credits is called "Let's Get Retarded" on their album, but in the movie the lyrics have been changed to "Let's Get It Started". In the credits it's listed as "Let's Get Censored".

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Connections

References The Jetsons (1962)

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Soundtracks

"Hold On I'm Comin'"
Written by Isaac Hayes, David Porter
Performed by Sam & Dave
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing

User Reviews

First was Better

Although I thought this movie was really funny the first was still better. It was wrapped around more controversy. Also this movie was made for Cedric. He is the central point of the movie. Not that I mind b/c he is a great comedian. Queen Latifah was very underused but it seems that she has her own barber/beauty movie coming out so that will make up for it. I also like the fact that the Barbershop movies talk about real problems with the way society thinks about things. This movie is good and needs to be watched. I own the first and will own the second.