WHO MADE IT? | Director: Bille Woodruff Cast: Queen Latifah, Alicia Silverstone, Andie MacDowell, Mena Suvari, Djimon Hounsou and Kevin Bacon | WHAT'S IT ABOUT? | Gina Norris (Queen Latifah) leaves her hairdressing job to set up a beauty shop of her own. She takes with her Lynn (Silverstone), shampoo girl come wannabe stylist, and some of her former clients. Her former boss Jorge (Bacon) is furious and determined to get his own back. | WHAT'S IT LIKE? | This is a poor spin off from the Barbershop movies which lacks the humour and heart and soul of the latter films. A vehicle for Queen Latifah but even the singer/actress's enormous charisma isn't enough to overcome the script's shortcomings. Kevin Bacon is absolutely fabulous as her Euro-gay former boss, hairstylist Jorge (pronounced whore-hey) determined to get his own back on Gina. He's the best thing in this film. Djimon Hounsou (Amistad) is completely miscast as the love interest and it's a mystery what Andie MacDowell and Mena Suvari are doing in this movie. The jokes are laboured and the plot is totally contrived. This is one film that should be confined to DVD/video. | BEAUTY SHOP opens on April 22
