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34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanSmart enough to hook us with the best thing it has going: Cedric the Entertainer's gruffly uproarious and lived-in performance as Eddie.
- 80L.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonL.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonAn even richer, smarter, funnier sequel.
- 75Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerLess cartoonish and more generous than the original.
- 75USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigJust as sharply funny and as heartwarming, yet unsentimental, as the first.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenHas a rollicking time reaching its foreseeable conclusion.
- 70Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanWhat separates Calvin and Eddie from the typical comic hero -- and each "Barbershop" movie from the standard yuk-fest -- is that these folks know how to back up all the hot air with meaningful action.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThis time around, the razors are a little duller, the clicks not as slick, the patter not as snappy.
- 50The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinIntermittently funny, and at times even affecting, but its drama veers into soap-opera territory, and its comedy too often reeks of sitcom laziness.
- 40The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottGiven the stature and the presence that the entrepreneurial rappers-turned-film-moguls Ice Cube and Queen Latifah possess, the fizzle of their scenes is doubly disappointing.
- 30Village VoiceLaura SinagraVillage VoiceLaura SinagraCube is still adorable, but the potentially poppin' battle between the shop and big-box competitor Nappy Cuts gets obscured by sloppy chronology and flat, cartoonish politicos.