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6.3?!! You've got to be kidding!!


This movie was between an 8 to a 10. (I gave it a 10)

The comedy was fantastic.

The drama was striking.

The acting was brilliant.

This film was well worth seeing multiple times. I can't count the number of times of seen this film and the sequel. I loved both. A 6.3 rating is insulting.

Come on, tell me I'm right.










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You're right!

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I agree with the poster above me it was ok not great I gave it an 8, but it's not nearly good enough for it to be between and 8-10 rating on this site since I doubt many people thought it was a great film,plus black comedies do horrible on this site I was surprised that it's rating was this high.

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It's a solid 7.5

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IMDB is filled with racists. Check out the ratings for ATL and This Christmas, both of which are solid, entertaining movies. Apparently any movie with more than 2 black people in it is just too much for them to bear.

I can't stand rap and thug culture in the least, yet I had no problem enjoying ATL (which is filled with it), or Barbershop (which has some of it). And how some people managed to HATE This Christmas is beyond me.

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Help a poor white guy out... ATL?

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466856/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt
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I agree with the rating not being fair - but I also don't think it's fair to blame any negative rating on a movie with a majority of a black cast on racism.
Some people just may not have enjoyed the movie.
There are movies with majority white cast that have worse ratings than this. So...does that mean that that's racism to? Or is that just different?



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It seems like sometimes people believe there is a single person or a small group of them (maybe a few IMDb staff members or something) rating films, like you might see a rating in TV Guide or something. That's not the case. The rating is the average of user votes. The highest rated film on the site--with a significant number of votes, that is--out of hundreds of thousands of films is only a 9.2 because of this, and less than 200 films have an 8.1 or higher. So to expect a film to have between an 8 and a 10 here is unrealistic. A 6.2 is actually a decent average on IMDb.


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Definitely agree with the guy above "JrnlofEddieDeezenStudies".

A 6.2 is a respectable score on this site. Any movie rated above 6 generally represents a 'good' movie or worth a watch. Even a 5 rating and above is actually not so bad. Personally, I realise that it isn't an "amazing" movie, but it's great at what it set out to do, and that was create a comedy with a bit of drama thrown in, ultimately in a relaxed fashion. Barbershop isn't a movie I'd say is "brilliant", but it's a really great movie to put on and kick back to, even have on in the background while you're browsing on your laptop/PC or whatever. Cedric the Entertainer's role of Eddie is enough to warrant fits of laughter, along with Tate and Anderson's comedy duo of the clumsy crooks.

If I had to rate it, I'd give it a 7.5. I think it's a very fair score. It's personally one of my all time favourite comedy films if I'm honest, along with the sequel, and I'll continue to watch it for years to come.

It's all about context, when a movie as excellent as The Shawshank Redemption is rated at just over 9, it would be wrong to rate Barbershop close to it to be honest.

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This movie is definitely better than a 6.3. I gave it an 8.

A 6.3 on IMDB corresponds to a film critic score of 2 to 2-1/2 out of 4 stars. And Barbershop is a solid 3 out of 4.

On Rotten Tomatoes, Barbershop gets a very respectable 82% fresh score with the critics.

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Couldn't agree more. Wonderful movie. gave it an 8.

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This movie was between an 8 to a 10. (I gave it a 10)


Nah a 6 is about right. It was an okay story and it made me laugh but, it was a little too sappy and corny.


Okay I get the Fassbender hype!

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