Rotten
The story here, by Andrea Wiley, Sherri A. McGee and Devon Gregory, is slapped together with such poorly drawn stereotypes and lapses in logic as to provoke not shaking bellies but shaking heads.
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
Overview
Running from the IRS due to back taxes, Baltimore hairdresser and salon owner Peaches reunites with her more successful sister, Angela, a fellow stylist, in Los Angeles. Angela is burdened by her sister's financial woes, and Peaches' rival, Marcella, threatens to take over the salon back in Baltimore. While Angela helps her sister get back on her feet, Peaches enters a hairstyling competition in hopes of winning a big cash prize and saving her salon.
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17%
Tomatometer
Rotten
An anemic sitcomsitcom pilot dragged out to an excruciating 108-minute running time.
Scott Foundas, Variety
Fresh
The plot is slender but serviceable, and under Leslie Small's attentive direction, not only do Mo'Nique and Smith excel, but those playing salon staffers -- Taraji Henson, Keiko Agena, Cee Cee Michaela et al -- also make lively impressions.
Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
A predictable urban comedy set mostly in a chichi Beverly Hills beauty salon, Hair Show is a female-oriented Barber Shop -- minus the steady humor and pointed social commentary.
Robert Dominguez, New York Daily News
Rotten
The story is so slight, a low-wattage hair dryer could blow it away.
Megan Lehmann, New York Post
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