The "Girlfriend, ya gotta see this movie!" of the year for an entertaining and provocative tour of some of the permutations of African-American women with their hair.
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11/03/09
Good Hair (2009)
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Reviews Counted:66
Fresh:63
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.5/10
Consensus: Funny, informative, and occasionally sad, Good Hair is a provocative look at the complex relationship between African Americans and their hair.
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: In the movie SCHOOL DAZE, Spike Lee staged a dance number in which two bands of African-American college students debated the merits of "Straight and Nappy" hair in song, and now comedian Chris... [More]
Reviews for Good Hair
Good Hair stands as an informative and entertaining documentary, and one that's pulled off with no small measure of style.
11/02/09
Educates more than it entertains, even though there's plenty of colorful subjects (Chris) Rock could have gently lampooned.
10/28/09
One of the best movies of the year seems to be lost in the Halloween-time shuffle.
10/24/09
Hair-larious!
10/24/09
Despite the padding, there’s enough interesting sociological digging here -- not to mention the easygoing presence of comic Chris Rock -- to keep us entertained and even enlightened.
10/23/09
Good Hair...uncovers a multibillion dollar industry relying on misinformation, misrepresentation, and misguided personal opinions about fashion to maintain its beauty salon stronghold.
10/23/09
Unlike most documentaries with a message, 'Good Hair' invites moviegoers to a conversation, not a lecture.
10/23/09
Full of sweetly sardonic observations, the docu-comedy is one of the funniest movies of the year.
10/23/09
Rock sheds new light on this old story through a poignant mix of interviews, investigation and his trademark satire.
10/23/09
Hair is personal. It's also political.
10/23/09
Who would have thought that Chris Rock would make one of the best documentaries of 2009?
10/23/09
... subject is interesting, [the] treatment is entertaining, and the movie has thoughtful things to say ...
10/23/09
Whatever Rock’s impetus for exploring the wallet-busting, day-consuming, sometimes chemically dangerous desire of black women to achieve European hair, he’s never wanting for laughter.
10/23/09
It's funny, clever and marginally educational. You can tell your friends you went to a documentary without having felt as if you saw one.
10/23/09
Rock is our quick-witted empathetic guide in the film about black women's hair, a topic you might think would be of interest only to black women. You'd be wrong.
10/23/09
It's rich food for thought, though you wonder why little attention is given to the idea that perhaps some women relax their hair because it's easier to style that way, or that elaborate attention to hair is hardly exclusive to black women.
10/23/09
Morgan Spurlock, look lively. Sacha Baron Cohen, watch your back. Chris Rock's bright, wisecracking exposé Good Hair is the mane event.
10/22/09
Rock's impressive multitasking pays off in a lively and entertaining documentary about the styling conventions, beauty-product companies and flamboyant hairdressers that make up African-American hair culture.
10/22/09
If you arrive at Good Hair never having thought about the complexities of black hair, bring a notebook. If you are a black woman wearing a weave, bring a tissue.
10/22/09
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