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Good Hair

2009 · 1h 35m · PG-13 Comedy, Documentary
Directed by Jeff Stilson

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An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian temples to explore the way hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of the black community.

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94%
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Fresh

Rock fronts this informative rummage through the $9 billion US black hair industry in a style much like his stand-up comedy: hilarious, insightful and charming enough to let him get away with the flammable stuff.

Cath Clarke, Time Out
Fresh

Full of sweetly sardonic observations, the docu-comedy is one of the funniest movies of the year.

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh

Rock sheds new light on this old story through a poignant mix of interviews, investigation and his trademark satire.

Jesse Washington, Associated Press
Fresh

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.

Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh

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.

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

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