Hair Show
0.5/4
Starring: Mo'Nique, Kellita Smith, Gina Torres, Taraji P. Henson, Keiko Agena
Rated PG-13 for Sexual Content including Dialogue
After laughing hysterically at nearly everything she's done (excepting the vile "Soul Plane") and being blown away by her powerful performance in "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire," I didn't think Mo'Nique had it in her to give a bad performance. But here it is. Mo'Nique is constantly irritating throughout the way-too-long 105 minute movie.
Hair stylist Peaches (Mo'Nique) has been estranged from her sister Angie (Smith) ever since their grandmother left a lot of money to Angie and nothing to Peaches. Now, five years later, Peaches is in trouble with the IRS (she owes $50,000), and she goes to Angie, who is running a successful salon in Beverly Hills, for a loan to save her neck. To her irritation, Angie can't give her the money. The only way they can get the money is if they defeat Angie's mentor Marcella (Torres), who's known as the "Hair Show Diva" in a hairstyling competition. Angie has never done it to her low self-confidence, but at Peaches' insistence, she agrees.
Mo'Nique may be bad, but her co-stars are a whole lot worse. No one in the cast appears to know how to act; it's as if director Leslie Small used the first take of every scene. Kellita Smith comes closest to giving a performance, but based on this, she'd have trouble getting work on weeknight afternoon TV. Gina Torres is awful as the rival. Marcella is meant to be the woman we love to hate, but the character is a psychopath. She's rumored to have connections to the mob, may be responsible for a murder, and will resort to vandalism as a way to threaten people. Taraji P. Henson takes annoyance to ear-splitting new highs as the catty worker. SCREECH!
Based on the evidence, Leslie Small has know idea what he's doing behind a camera. He has no concept of comic timing, his shot selection is stale, and his film moves at a crawl. Honestly, it makes "Gone with the Wind" as short as a sitcom, and that is not a hyperbole.
The film is also irredeemably stupid. For examples, the two IRS agents who are after Peaches, lop off some of the money she owes them because they made her quota, and they harass her on the phone like lone sharks. In what world does this occur?
The writing is also depressingly shallow. There are plenty of opportunities for humor, but through the unholy trifecta of bad acting, bad directing and bad writing, "Hair Show" becomes "Shit Show."
Starring: Mo'Nique, Kellita Smith, Gina Torres, Taraji P. Henson, Keiko Agena
Rated PG-13 for Sexual Content including Dialogue
After laughing hysterically at nearly everything she's done (excepting the vile "Soul Plane") and being blown away by her powerful performance in "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire," I didn't think Mo'Nique had it in her to give a bad performance. But here it is. Mo'Nique is constantly irritating throughout the way-too-long 105 minute movie.
Hair stylist Peaches (Mo'Nique) has been estranged from her sister Angie (Smith) ever since their grandmother left a lot of money to Angie and nothing to Peaches. Now, five years later, Peaches is in trouble with the IRS (she owes $50,000), and she goes to Angie, who is running a successful salon in Beverly Hills, for a loan to save her neck. To her irritation, Angie can't give her the money. The only way they can get the money is if they defeat Angie's mentor Marcella (Torres), who's known as the "Hair Show Diva" in a hairstyling competition. Angie has never done it to her low self-confidence, but at Peaches' insistence, she agrees.
Mo'Nique may be bad, but her co-stars are a whole lot worse. No one in the cast appears to know how to act; it's as if director Leslie Small used the first take of every scene. Kellita Smith comes closest to giving a performance, but based on this, she'd have trouble getting work on weeknight afternoon TV. Gina Torres is awful as the rival. Marcella is meant to be the woman we love to hate, but the character is a psychopath. She's rumored to have connections to the mob, may be responsible for a murder, and will resort to vandalism as a way to threaten people. Taraji P. Henson takes annoyance to ear-splitting new highs as the catty worker. SCREECH!
Based on the evidence, Leslie Small has know idea what he's doing behind a camera. He has no concept of comic timing, his shot selection is stale, and his film moves at a crawl. Honestly, it makes "Gone with the Wind" as short as a sitcom, and that is not a hyperbole.
The film is also irredeemably stupid. For examples, the two IRS agents who are after Peaches, lop off some of the money she owes them because they made her quota, and they harass her on the phone like lone sharks. In what world does this occur?
The writing is also depressingly shallow. There are plenty of opportunities for humor, but through the unholy trifecta of bad acting, bad directing and bad writing, "Hair Show" becomes "Shit Show."
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