The Village Barbershop (2008)
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80% of critics liked it
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57% of users liked it
(304 ratings)
Hair is the only thing two people have in common before they come into each other's lives in this independent comedy-drama. For thirty years, Arthur Leroldi (John Ratzenberger) has operated a barbershop with his business partner Enzo. Arthur is a fine barber, but Enzo is the member of the team… More Hair is the only thing two people have in common before they come into each other's lives in this independent comedy-drama. For thirty years, Arthur Leroldi (John Ratzenberger) has operated a barbershop with his business partner Enzo. Arthur is a fine barber, but Enzo is the member of the team with the business sense and a talent for charming people, so when Enzo suddenly dies, Arthur soon finds himself flirting with bankruptcy. As Arthur scrambles to pay his bills, his landlord Jacobi (Amos Glick) would love nothing more than to move a higher paying tenant into his place. Arthur advertises for a new barber to help him run the shop, and his best applicant turns out to be Gloria (Shelly Cole); while Arthur doesn't like the idea of having a woman working in the shop, she's a licensed and experienced cosmetologist, she knows how to keep track of the books, and customers like her. Sharon may be a boon to business, but she has some serious problems of her own; her boyfriend has just left her, she has no where to live besides the trailer she's swiped from her ex, and she's just found out she's pregnant. The Village Barbershop was the first feature film from writer and director Chris Ford. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Chris J. Ford
- Written By
- Chris Ford
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Dec 1, 2008 Wide
- Studio
- Monterey Media
Critic Reviews
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Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
The only reason to see this modest indie drama is an affecting performance by John Ratzenberger.
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Stan Hall, Oregonian
t's the friendly, occasionally touching chemistry between Ratzenberger and Cole that makes The Village Barbershop likable on its own terms.
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Prairie Miller, NewsBlaze
While slick, splashy casino comedies may be on the wane with the economic crisis, this movie about working stiffs in those same glitzy towns just struggling to get by in the shadows of money orgy meccas like Vegas and Reno, is above the rest.
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Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)
This is one movie that could really use a trim.
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Prairie Miller, NewsBlaze
While slick, splashy casino comedies may be on the wane with the economic crisis, this movie about working stiffs in those same glitzy towns just struggling to get by in the shadows of money orgy meccas like Vegas and Reno, is above the rest.
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Cast
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John Ratzenberger
as Arthur Leroldi
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Shelly Cole
as Gloria
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Cindy Pickett
as Josie
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George McRae
as George
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Amos Glick
as Jacobi
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Josh Hutchinson
as Rickert
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Daron Jennings
as Colin
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Laurellee Westaway
as Gladys
- Todd Brotze
- Heather Mathieson (II)
