Review of Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016) by Jackson H — 04 Oct 2018
The first film had wit, clever dialogue, and a simple but memorable message that resonated with the people who watched it. The second movie was a few points short despite a couple of isolated funny moments. But this movie, this movie missed on so many levels.
First of all, if you didn't get it from the trailers, this movie really focuses on current social topics like the BLM movement and police brutality, all important things that should be discussed in a civil manner. In the movie I felt more like it was all getting shoved down my throat until I wanted to puke it back up. Honestly, the dialogue regarding these issues felt like a comment thread on someone's Facebook status. It felt forced and just didn't work.
In addition to that, the humor also felt forced and half of the jokes (I knew this was going to happen, and I hated that I was right) were about Nikki Minaj's fake butt and how big it was. Why?? Really, though, WHY??!!! Why do we keep coming back to that? Why is she even in this movie?
Calvin and his son had an interesting side story and honestly that's the only thing that got through the entire film. After I got done I watched the first movie again as a cleanse. Huge disappointment.
This review of Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016) was written by Jackson H on 04 Oct 2018.
Barbershop: The Next Cut has generally received positive reviews.
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