| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Ice Cube | ... | Calvin | |
| Cedric the Entertainer | ... | Eddie | |
| Regina Hall | ... | Angie | |
| Sean Patrick Thomas | ... | Jimmy | |
| Eve | ... | Terri | |
| Anthony Anderson | ... | J.D. | |
| Jazsmin Lewis | ... | Jennifer (as Jazsmin Lewis-Kelley) | |
| J.B. Smoove | ... | One-Stop (as JB Smoove) | |
| Common | ... | Rashad | |
| Nicki Minaj | ... | Draya | |
| Lamorne Morris | ... | Jerrod | |
| Utkarsh Ambudkar | ... | Raja | |
| Margot Bingham | ... | Bree | |
| Deon Cole | ... | Dante | |
| Troy Garity | ... | Isaac | |
It's been more than 10 years since our last appointment at Calvin's Barbershop. Calvin and his longtime crew are still there, but the shop has undergone some major changes. Most noticeably, our once male-dominated sanctuary is now co-ed. The ladies bring their own flavor, drama and gossip to the shop challenging the fellas at every turn. Despite the good times and camaraderie within the shop, the surrounding community has taken a turn for the worse, forcing Calvin and our crew to come together to not only save the shop, but their neighborhood. Written by Warner Bros.
'Barber Shop: The Next Cut' is that Hollywood classic, the sequel gone bad. The original was original, witty, joyously coarse and endless fun. This takes the same bunch of delightful performers (Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer and more, including including the splendid J.B.Smoove), and saddles them with a preachment on ghetto uplift. Not only that, there's a side order of gender equality and a dash of the need for sisterly solidarity. The result is that the original movie, which was a delicious guilty pleasure, has been turned into a slow-moving tract of the sort that earnest do-gooders think is hip and persuasive. All in all, this sequel has so much heart it has lost its soul.