Guide Note

Barbershop is a comedy about a young man's struggle to decide whether or not to sell his family-owned barbershop. The movie revolves about social life in a south Chicago barbershop.

On a cold winter Saturday in south-side Chicago, Calvin Palmer, Jr. decides he's had enough of trying to keep open the barbershop his father handed down to him. Without telling his employees or customers, Calvin sells his barbershop to a greedy loan shark named Lester Wallace, who promptly makes plans to turn the place into a Strip Club.

After realizing just how vital the barbershop is to the surrounding community, Calvin rethinks his decision and tries to get his shop back, only to find that Wallace wants double the $20,000 he paid Calvin to give the shop back.

Fast Facts

1. Released: September 13, 2002
2. Run time: 102 mins.
3. Director: Tim Story
4. Producers: George Tillman, Jr. and Robert Teitel
5. Starring: Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Eve, Sean Patrick Thomas, Michael Ealy, Troy Garity, Leonard Earl Howze, Keith David and Cedric the Entertainer
6. Budget: $12 million
7. Followed by: BarberShop 2: Back in Business

• Ice Cube - Calvin Palmer, Jr.
• Cedric the Entertainer - Eddie
• Sean Patrick Thomas - Jimmy James
• Eve - Terri Jones
• Troy Garity - Isaac Rosenberg
• Michael Ealy - Ricky Nash
• Leonard Earl Howze - Dinka
• Anthony Anderson - J.D.
• Lahmard Tate - Billy
• Jazmin Lewis - Jennifer Palmer
• Keith David - Lester Wallace
• Norm Van Lier - Sam the Customer