Beauty Shop is a 2005 American comedy film directed by Bille Woodruff. The film serves as a spin-off of the Barbershop film series, and stars Queen Latifah as Gina Norris, a character first introduced in the 2004 film Barbershop 2: Back in Business. This film also stars Alicia Silverstone, Andie MacDowell, Mena Suvari, Kevin Bacon and Djimon Hounsou.
Released theatrically in the United States by MGM Distribution Co. under the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures label on March 30, 2005, Beauty Shop received generally mixed reviews from critics. The film grossed $37.2 million worldwide against a $25 million production budget. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 53 rating, based on 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade A− on scale of A to F.
Claudia Puig of USA Today wrote "Overall, the parts don't come together and jell as well as they did in the Barbershop films".
Jennifer Frey of The Washington Post praised lead actress, Queen Latifah, for being herself.
Ruthe Stein of the San Francisco Chronicle said that "[actress] Alfre Woodard shows she's as adept at comedy as drama".
Derek Armstrong of AllMovie gave the film three out of five stars, stating that while the film sticks to the same formula which made the Barbershop films so successful, it still "bursts with life, having attracted a spectrum of enthusiastic performers and a script that exceeds broad character types."
Awards and nominations
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! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Teen Choice Awards
| rowspan="4" | August 16, 2005
| Choice Comedy Movie Actress
| Queen Latifah
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| Choice Sleazebag
| Kevin Bacon
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| Choice Rap Artist
| rowspan="3" | Queen Latifah
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| Choice Hissy Fit
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! scope="row" rowspan="2" | Black Movie Awards
| rowspan="2" | 2005/2006
| Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
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| Outstanding Achievement in Writing
| Kate Lanier, Norman Vance Jr.
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! scope="row" | Black Reel Awards
| February 18, 2006
| Best Actress
| rowspan="2" | Queen Latifah
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! scope="row" | NAACP Image Awards
| February 25, 2006
| Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
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! scope="row" rowspan="2" | Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
| rowspan="2" | March 3, 2006
| Worst Supporting Actress
| rowspan="2" | Alicia Silverstone
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| Most Annoying Fake Accent (Female)
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! scope="row" rowspan="4" | BET Awards
| rowspan="4" | June 27, 2006
| Outstanding Directing for a Theatrical Film
| Billie Woodruff
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| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Theatrical Film
| Queen Latifah
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| Outstanding Theatrical Film
| Beauty Shop (MGM/20th Century Fox)
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| Outstanding Writing for a Theatrical Film
| Audrey Wells, Kate Lanier, Norman Vance Jr.
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