movie

2009 · United States

Good Hair

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 96 min
Age rating: PG-13
Language: English
Country: United States

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.

The story

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.

introspective
factual
hilarious

The bill

Ice-T — Self
Tanya Crumel — Self - Hair Battle Contestant
Kevin Kirk — Self - Hair Battle Contestant
Derek J — Self - Hair Battle Contestant
Freddie J — Self - Hair Battle Contestant
Jason Griggers — Self - Hair Battle Contestant
A'Lelia Bundles — Self
Marvet Britto — Self
Sandra 'Pepa' Denton — Self
Melyssa Ford — Self
Meagan Good — Self

Directed: Jeff Stilson
Written: Chris Rock, Chuck Sklar, Lance Crouther, Jeff Stilson

Production

Rating: 6.5 / 10 · 109 ratings
Studio: Chris Rock Entertainment, HBO Films

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.