Product Details

• Actors: Vivica A. Fox, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Kym Whitley, Monica Calhoun, Taral Hicks
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: August 7, 2007
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000R5OFMW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,043 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Salon" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Faced with eminent domain eviction, a salon owner tries to save her shop, meeting a handsome lawyer in the process.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 7-AUG-2007
Media Type: DVD

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars "Barbershop 3"?, November 14, 2007

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Roland E. Zwick (Valencia, Ca USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Salon (DVD)

**1/2

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that "The Salon" is really just "Barbershop" on estrogen. Like that earlier prototype, "The Salon" - which takes place in a Baltimore beauty parlor run by the beautiful Vivica A. Fox - is essentially a freeform series of conversations held together by the flimsiest of plot devices (in this one, an unfeeling bureaucracy wants to tear down the shop to make way for a parking lot). Unfortunately, "The Salon" is a pretty wan imitation of the original, lacking the stinging wit and biting social commentary that made "Barbershop" such a crossover success in its time.

While there is a certain liveliness to the verbal jousting and a notable energy in most of the performances, the comic banter often comes across as catty and mean-spirited rather than funny and insightful. The screenplay by Mark Brown (adapted from the stage play by Shelley Garrett) works overtime trying to be clever and smart about race relations, sexual issues, and life in the African American community, but it really isn't telling us anything we haven't heard countless times before in films on those same topics. Moreover, the characters themselves often verge on the stereotypical (with the prancing gay hair stylist as probably the most egregious and offensive example). And to top it all off, the movie is saddled with an ending that is, perhaps, the worst case of a deus ex machina in any film in recent memory.

There are indeed some genuinely touching scenes embedded in all the brazen one-liners and zingers, and there are a few laugh-out-loud moments when the sassiness and sarcasm manage to hit the comic bull`s-eye at which the writer is aiming. But more often than not, the humor misses its mark and falls harmlessly onto the hair-covered floor.

The actors give their all to the material and it really isn't their fault that the movie itself fails to catch fire. Even brief appearances by Garrett Morris and Terence Howard aren`t enough to lift it out of the doldrums.

With "The Salon," the ladies finally get the chance to have their say, but they're going to have to do a whole lot better than a second-rate, distaff copy of "Barbershop" if they ever hope to get their message across.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overall, Historically Beautiful!, August 28, 2009

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Reginald Meadows - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Salon (DVD)

The Salon was very great. Kym Whitley and Vivica A. Fox did a great performance. However, I felt that it could of been maybe a sequel, especially discussing what happenss with Monica Calhoun's character ordeal with her husband. But overall, HISTORICALLY BEAUTIFUL.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars BARBERSHOP ON ESTROGEN, April 10, 2011

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Joseph H. Race "Jose Mango" (SAIPAN, MP United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Salon (DVD)

There's no doubt that this is a copycat of the male version Barber Shops, but this time with the ladies and the lovable, stereotype gay stylist, and the love/hate relationship between Jenny and Michael (the government lawyer in the expensive business suit and the sportscar). I liked it and found loads of laughs, and enjoyed the conversations about civil rights, and why black men are attracted to white women. One of Jenny's longtime workers has to punch out the pimp in the end after he was pushing around his working prostitutes. Even the meek hair stylist finally stands up to her man. Old Percy kind of steals the show - watch the movie and you'll see what I mean. The music and dancing were great.