Firstly full marks to the art director, camera man & camera crew, as this movie's production and art direction, given the subject matter, are unbelievably brilliant. Also of note is the movie's tasteful soundtrack; and its acting wasn't bad at all.
The main problem with this movie is its screenplay. It sucked. In other words, all the other first class elements of this movie are totally let down by its screenplay and story. In fact, were it not for its most brilliant filming, the movie would scarcely be watchable. The movie's leads have such dire scripts and disengaging characters that it doesn't take long before the viewer is utterly disinterested in what will happen next.
Thus the man who owns the eponymous barbershop is so devoid of anything equating to charm or basic manners that it's hard to swallow the fact that even one other character in the movie would want to have anything to do with him. For his job is supposedly in the service industry and yet I'm reasonably sure there are grave yard attendants who have more soul, charm and warmth. That would be fine, albeit, if the chief barber were at least given an interesting story for us to chew on while we, the viewers, plunder on, watching a man who is described half way through the movie as "a barker not a biter".
Alas, those behind this movie clearly bit off far more than they could chew in developing a movie based on such an unlikeable and disengaging character.
Screenplay 4/10. Filming & art direction 9/10. Soundtrack and music 8/10.
