Barbershop: The Next Cut
New Line Cinema | Release Date: April 15, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
22
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleApr 13, 2016
A funny movie, but also a serious movie, and — who knows? — maybe an important one. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperApr 14, 2016
It’s impressive how well director Malcolm D. Lee (working from a script by Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver) balances the serious material with the bawdy, freewheeling comedy pieces. Read full review
80
TimeStephanie ZacharekApr 18, 2016
This Barbershop is simply a place where we can all laugh together, sometimes at ideas that veer close to being explosive. Read full review
80
The New York TimesA.O. ScottApr 14, 2016
The most fascinating — and the most moving — thing about this sprawling, sincere and boisterous movie is its tone. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniApr 15, 2016
The weight of the picture's moral and political message rests on Ice Cube's Calvin. A decent, honest man with a well-developed sense of responsibility and a passion for social justice, he's an iconic American type - the reluctant hero. He'd rather tend to his own garden, but when called to duty, he's all in. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter TraversApr 15, 2016
Barbershop: The Next Cut is stagey, often simplistic and it talks too damn much. But, hell, the talk has flavor and snap and a real-world sense of a community in crisis. Not bad for an escapist romp. Read full review
75
Washington PostAlan ZilbermanApr 14, 2016
If “Chi-Raq” aimed to shock us out of complacency, “The Next Cut” creates a more welcoming groove, encouraging greater openness to outside perspectives. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattApr 14, 2016
Even when it falls short of its aim to get every last Beyoncé joke and Big Idea onscreen, the movie still offers what any barbershop worth its repeat customers provides: An hour or two of good company, and the feeling that you’re leaving a little sharper than when you came in. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonApr 14, 2016
If Barbershop: The Next Cut ends on an improbably upbeat note, the franchise is to be commended for daringly stepping outside its comfort zone. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonApr 14, 2016
Barbershop: The Next Cut belongs, as the entire series does, to Cedric the Entertainer. Read full review
75
New York PostLou LumenickApr 14, 2016
A cut above the season’s other belated sequels like “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2’’ and “Zoolander 2.’’ Read full review
75
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallApr 12, 2016
Barbershop: The Next Cut's heart is in the right place, and I enjoyed nearly every unkempt minute of it. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenApr 14, 2016
"The Next Cut" manages to be entertaining and thoughtful, harmless fun but just serious enough not to seem frivolous. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghApr 14, 2016
Barbershop: The Next Cut embraces the societal changes and rifts of the past decade, from Chicago’s increased violence and the Black Lives Matter movement to Barack Obama’s historic presidency, making the film an even more heartfelt love letter to Chicago. Read full review
70
New York Daily NewsEdward DouglasApr 13, 2016
At times, the latest Barbershop might get too serious for some, but as far as the comedy goes, it remains a cut above the rest. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckApr 12, 2016
Barbershop: The Next Cut, the third installment in the film series, brings the laughs while injecting a serious topical theme that gives it a welcome edge. Read full review
68
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeApr 13, 2016
With its combination of workplace sitcom and social activism, Barbershop: The Next Cut feels more like a binge-viewing of multiple episodes of a TV series than a movie, but even on that level, it’s a show worth watching. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisApr 20, 2016
When it rolls, Barbershop: The Final Cut lets its hair down like few others do. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerApr 13, 2016
Though this series is built on comic looseness, it’s that sincerity that carries through its minor comedic missteps, like underusing Hall and leaning too heavily on Cedric’s wacky-old-man shtick. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTom RussoApr 14, 2016
This time the not-so-idle talk is about taking a socially conscious stand against gang violence. And while some of this territory is covered too tritely and safely to have all the impact intended by director Malcolm D. Lee (“The Best Man Holiday”), the movie’s entreaties are compelling enough. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineEric HendersonApr 14, 2016
A pop sonata of stand-up comedy routines layered with, if not vitality, then at least honest energy. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshApr 14, 2016
It's a mixed message, but that perfectly encapsulates the confusion of 2016 American politics. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfApr 15, 2016
It all feels a touch schematic, trying to satisfy every audience type, when each haircut is different. Barbershop: The Next Cut actually ends up in the chair, with a highly symbolic snipping that could have come straight outta the 1950s. Read full review
60
VarietyJustin ChangApr 12, 2016
The movie derives its energy almost entirely from the bristling quality of the dialogue and the easy ensemble flow of the performances. Read full review
60
The GuardianJordan HoffmanApr 12, 2016
Barbershop: The Next Cut is hardly subtle, but it is more nuanced than you might expect. Read full review
58
The Film StageMichael SnydelApr 27, 2016
The Next Cut is a love letter to Chicago, and a plea for a better city, but it’s a sermon when it should have been a conversation. Read full review
58
IndieWireDavid EhrlichApr 12, 2016
Lee often seems unsure of whether he's directing a comedy or a civics lesson, and the film only finds its wings in the moments when he realizes that the two don't have to be mutually exclusive. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerApr 14, 2016
While the film is well meaning and the joshing crew at Calvin’s Barbershop is a hoot, the Malcolm D. Lee-directed comedy is plagued by relentless mawkishness, indifferent storytelling, willful naiveté and clunky seriousness. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonApr 14, 2016
The film too often relies on rote sermonizing when tackling the city's scourge of shootings, a grave topic that The Next Cut is simply too feeble to examine with any real depth or meaning. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 12, 2016
Overlong, polished but drab civics lesson of a comedy. This “Barbershop” is in sore need of a trim, and not just a little off the top, either. Read full review
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