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Whistle Stopper - Nora's Hair Salon
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Tatyana Ali, Kristian Bernard, Bobby Brown, Brandi Burnside, Christine Carlo
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543119609
Format: Color
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-05-25
Running Time: 84
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
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Summary: Live Life and there's Love
Comment: Our family thought that the movie was great. I order this movie on a hunch because of Jennifer, but the story was great and we didn't get bored. I also like the multicultural actors in the film. I'm hoping there is a part II. I read somewhere that they were doing that. The story gave you different backgrounds on how people live from the beauty shop and that it was an honorable profession. Sorry...I loved it.
Marilyn Jones
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Summary: *Simply the WORST*
Comment: I have seen Jennifer Lewis at her best and trust me this is not it.
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Summary: Give it a chance...this is a good movie!
Comment: All in all, when I really evaluate this movie, it IS a GOOD movie. No one ever said it was going to be the greatest movie ever, so the other reviewers need to be more appreciative. Good God, did the previous reviewers expect this to win all the Academy Awards or something? As other reviewers have pointed out, yes...the movie is low budget and it may contain "typical" storylines that could go along with a movie about a hair salon. However, one must watch this movie over and over again to understand it and appreciate it. I too was like "what?" originally, but I felt the same looking at Napoleaon Dynamite, and that crappy white movie was successful! As a black person I've realized no black comedy or movie will ever be "great" compared to a white movie that is intelligent or unintelligent, meaningful or unmeaningful. White movies are always considered successful versus black ones. Anyways, this "not the funniest" movie ends sadly, but touched me...others may not be able to understand, but it's a good movie, with some hilarious parts that fill the voids of disappointment experienced. The outakes at the end are real funny. Again, not every movie will be to the standard of another, but personally Nora's Hair Salon is a good movie if you TRY to take the time to appreciate it...and I love it!
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Summary: It's DEFINITELY not BeautyShop...
Comment: ...so if that's what you're looking for, you won't get it here.
I found this DVD in the $5 bin at Wal-mart and I'm mad I wasted $5 on it...movie was boring and I understand why it went straight to video.
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Summary: Cancel your appointment at this salon
Comment: I caught Nora's Hair Salon on Christmas Eve last year on UPN. I started watching the movie at 8:00; it was so terrible I wound up turning off around 8:20. If they tried really hard they could have made a bad movie.
There is a total lack of effort onscreen. No one tried to make this movie work. Not the writers, because the script is about absolutely nothing. All I know is Nora owns a hair salon and people work there. I wanted to who Nora was, and why this hair salon is so important to the community. Why do people want to come here? Why do I want to know about this place? But the screenplay doesn't answer these questions. Instead it takes stock characters and a stock situation used in a dozen other hair comedies and warms them over. Since the writer took no time to tell a story, I wasn't interested in watching the rest of the movie.
The actors don't try to act either. Most are just standing there saying their lines looking bored. I think I saw someone actually look at their watch a couple of times! Cameos by Lil Kim, Bobby Brown and others are a total waste; as they do absolutely nothing except look out of place onscreen. I guess the only thing of interest to them was the paycheck.
Please don't spend your hard earned cash on this DVD It's a total waste of your time If the writers directors, actors and producers of this movie aren't willing to try onscreen why you make an effort to spend 90 minutes of your valuable time watching them do nothing. If you're looking for a good DVD buy Never 2 Big or Diary of a Mad Black Woman instead. At least the actors in those movies try to make an entertaining movie.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Welcome to Nora?s Hair Salon. Leave your troubles outside and get set for neighborhood drama, juicy gossip, and the occasional knock-down, drag-out fight. Nora runs the place and takes care of her family.? Whatever the problem, Nora can make it all right in this feel-good film about life, love and lookin? fine!
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