Barbershop

Barbershop is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Tim Story and written by Mark Brown, Don D. Scott, and Marshall Todd, from a story by Brown. The film was produced by George Tillman Jr., Robert Teitel, and Brown, and stars Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Troy Garity, Michael Ealy, Leonard Earl Howze, Keith David, and Cedric the Entertainer. The film revolves around the social life in a barbershop on the South Side of Chicago.

Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out. The barbershop is filled with characters who share their stories, jokes, trials, and tribulations.