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The Village Barbershop (2008) -- A fading smalltime barber is forced to hire the last person on earth he'd want working in his shop - a woman.
The Village Barbershop (2008) -- Art Leroldi is terminal. Terminally irritable, that is. A small-time Reno barber stuck in a rut of haircuts, hot dogs and horse books, suddenly faced with a difficult decision after loosing his long-time business partner.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   128 votes
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Director:
Chris J. Ford
Writer:
Chris J. Ford (writer)
Contact:
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Genre:
Drama
Plot:
A fading smalltime barber is forced to hire the last person on earth he'd want working in his shop - a woman. full summary | full synopsis
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
It takes a... Village Barbershop: Chris Ford, Shelly Cole and Amos Glick.
 (From GreenCine. 10 March 2009, 11:35 AM, PDT)
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 (From IFC. 18 February 2009, 9:44 PM, PST)
User Comments:
Brilliant cinematography is let down by an insufferable screenplay. more (5 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)

John Ratzenberger ... Art Leroldi

Shelly Cole ... Gloria MacIntyre

Cindy Pickett ... Josie
George McRae ... George
Daron Jennings ... Colin
Josh Hutchinson ... Rickert
Cory DuVal ... Richie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Abad ... 2nd Guy Waiting for Art

Liz Anderson ... Wendy

Courtney Black ... Jenny
Kevin Blackton ... Judge

Chandler Bolt ... Kimmel

Todd Brotze ... Sprow
Elwood Carlisle ... Elmer

Bettina Devin ... Jail Clerk / Dolly
Sgt. Patrick Dreelan ... Police Officer
Jessica Fields ... Dancer

Deb Fink ... Female Customer

Mackenzie Firgens ... Amy

Amos Glick ... John Jacobi

Cindy Goldfield ... Lanie
Meg Lee Ha ... Chinese Daughter
Luke Hoffman ... King
Ed Holmes ... Johnny
Matt Johnson ... Weather Announcer
Peter Judd ... Warhol
Michael Kasin ... Redneck
Tom Luu ... Chinese Father
Amy Magyari ... Dancer
Heather Mathieson ... Doctor
Andre Mathieu
Don Morgan ... Bouncer
Eli Nelson ... Mullet
Cam Newlin ... Security Guard

Robert Anthony Peters ... Manly Cross Dresser

Peter Quartaroli ... Ed
Jeffrey Rios ... Cross Dresser

Bob Sáenz ... Wilson

Michael X. Sommers ... Tony
Daniel Souza ... Jim

Samantha Weaver ... Rochelle
Laurellee Westaway ... Gladys
Chris Yule ... Stan
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, some sexual content, nudity and drug material.
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Runtime:
USA:99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Certification:
USA:R
Filming Locations:
Napa, Napa Valley, California, USA more
Company:
Hot Shave more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Art's partner is being loaded into the ambulance outside the Chinese restaurant/brothel, an Asian man and woman are loudly arguing. The woman is shouting in Korean (with a strong American accent), and the man is speaking Vietnamese. more

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Brilliant cinematography is let down by an insufferable screenplay., 20 March 2009
5/10
Author: supadude2004 from Bangkok, Thailand

Firstly full marks to the art director, camera man & camera crew, as this movie's production and art direction, given the subject matter, are unbelievably brilliant. Also of note is the movie's tasteful soundtrack; and its acting wasn't bad at all.

The main problem with this movie is its screenplay. It sucked. In other words, all the other first class elements of this movie are totally let down by its screenplay and story. In fact, were it not for its most brilliant filming, the movie would scarcely be watchable. The movie's leads have such dire scripts and disengaging characters that it doesn't take long before the viewer is utterly disinterested in what will happen next.

Thus the man who owns the eponymous barbershop is so devoid of anything equating to charm or basic manners that it's hard to swallow the fact that even one other character in the movie would want to have anything to do with him. For his job is supposedly in the service industry and yet I'm reasonably sure there are grave yard attendants who have more soul, charm and warmth. That would be fine, albeit, if the chief barber were at least given an interesting story for us to chew on while we, the viewers, plunder on, watching a man who is described half way through the movie as "a barker not a biter".

Alas, those behind this movie clearly bit off far more than they could chew in developing a movie based on such an unlikeable and disengaging character.

Screenplay 4/10. Filming & art direction 9/10. Soundtrack and music 8/10.

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