The new Ice Cube comedy Barbershop is ribald, raucous, profane, silly and filled with gags about fine honeys and their big butts. It's also intelligent, poignant, socially aware and one of the most pleasant surprises of summertime's last, lazy days.

The movie stars the stocky rapper as Calvin, the owner of a barbershop in Chicago that's been passed down through each generation of his family. Unfortunately, the business isn't doing well, and Calvin is always looking for ways to get out. But the barbershop is, as one character puts it, a "country club" for the black neighbourhood -- people come in to talk or hang out, others got their first jobs there, while some customers have received free haircuts over the years.
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