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The Salon (2007)

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Movie Info


Genre

Comedy, Drama

Release Date

May 11, 2007

MPAA Rating

PG-13

Studio

Freestyle Releasing LLC

Official Site

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REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  Be the 1st!

Cast and Crew


Director

Mark Brown

Producer

Mark Brown, Carl Craig, Vivica A. Fox, Lita Richardson

Screenwriter

Mark Brown

Starring

Movie Story


Every neighborhood has that special place where people from the community can come, sit, talk and let their hair down. For many, it's the thread that holds neighborhoods together. In an era of corporate takeovers in the high stakes real estate market, the neighborhood shop is a dying breed with little resources to fight back.

Jenny (Fox) is being forced to sell her shop to the Department of Water and Power (DWP) due to eminent domain. Regardless of the legal advice Jenny receives, she refuses to let the corporate giant take the one remaining pillar of her inner city neighborhood. She declines the money and decides to take on the DWP in court, all the while keeping it from her outrageously funny and colorful employees and clientele. A classic tale of the underdog, "The Salon" is a fresh look on the inside of a salon and neighborhood where the unexpected happens and the "mom andd pop" shop fights to win. Based on Shelly Garrett's hit stage play, "Beauty Shop."

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MOVIE REVIEWS BY CRITICS

“..it's rather like a rerun of a television show you didn't much care for in the first place..”
by Dr. Frank Swietek [One Guy's Opinion]
“..it's just not very funny..”
by Calvin Wilson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
“..despite a few highlights, the overall effect is not pretty..”
by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News]