Synopsis: When Chris Rock's daughter, Lola, came up to him crying and asked, "Daddy, how come I don't have good hair?" the bewildered comic committed himself to search the ends of the earth and the depths of black culture to find out who had put that question into his little girl's head. Rock visits hair salons and styling battles, scientific laboratories, and Indian temples to explore the way black hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of black people. Celebrities such as Ice-T, Kerry Washington, Nia Long, Paul Mooney, Raven Symone, Maya Angelou, and Reverend Al Sharpton all candidly offer their stories and observations to Rock while he struggles with the task of figuring out how to respond to his daughter's question. What he discovers is that black hair is a big business that doesn't always benefit the black community and little Lola's question might well be bigger than his ability to convince her that the stuff on top of her head is nowhere near as important as what is inside.
Starring: Chris Rock, Maya Angelou, Marvet Britto, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Rhonda Cowan
Directed by: Jeff Stilson
U.S. Rating: PG-13
I'm a huge fan of Chris Rock. I enjoy his movies, TV Shows and especially, his comedy stand up shows. This time, Chris has come with something completely different... a documentary. When Chris Rock's daughter, Lola, came up to him crying and asked, "Daddy, how come I don't have good hair?", Chris decided to search the reasons behind that question and find the cultural, financial and social areas related with one of the most important things in women's lives, especially black women... their hair :)
In a very fresh and really funny way, Chris discovers many things that honestly, I didn't know and never heard about women's hair. Before I watched this documentary, I never heard about relaxers, I never... ever knew that these beautiful and famous black actresses used weaves (I didn't even know what a weave was!), I knew about the Indian hair, but never knew some of the things said and shown on this documentary, and finally, the millionaire industry behind the hair, especially, black women's hair. How can a woman pay from 1000 to 5000 dollars for a weave, and some women replace them every month!... Crazy!
A really entertaining, fresh and funny documentary, so worth to watch! Chris Rock nailed it in this, his first comedy/documentary about... hair.
What did I like from this movie?
1. Chris Rock rocks on this documentary
2. The celebrities participating on the documentary was more than entertaining. Some of them are well known (Ice-T, Kerry Washington, Nia Long, Paul Mooney, Raven Symone, Maya Angelou, Reverend Al Sharpton, etc.)
3. The interviews and conversations at the barber shops... hilarious! There are no places like barber shops
What did I dislike from this movie?
1. If he used the time he used to show the BB contest in more content and conversation, it would be even better. The BB contest was kind of boring
I would rate this movie with a 3/5
Directed by: Jeff Stilson
U.S. Rating: PG-13
I'm a huge fan of Chris Rock. I enjoy his movies, TV Shows and especially, his comedy stand up shows. This time, Chris has come with something completely different... a documentary. When Chris Rock's daughter, Lola, came up to him crying and asked, "Daddy, how come I don't have good hair?", Chris decided to search the reasons behind that question and find the cultural, financial and social areas related with one of the most important things in women's lives, especially black women... their hair :)
In a very fresh and really funny way, Chris discovers many things that honestly, I didn't know and never heard about women's hair. Before I watched this documentary, I never heard about relaxers, I never... ever knew that these beautiful and famous black actresses used weaves (I didn't even know what a weave was!), I knew about the Indian hair, but never knew some of the things said and shown on this documentary, and finally, the millionaire industry behind the hair, especially, black women's hair. How can a woman pay from 1000 to 5000 dollars for a weave, and some women replace them every month!... Crazy!
A really entertaining, fresh and funny documentary, so worth to watch! Chris Rock nailed it in this, his first comedy/documentary about... hair.
What did I like from this movie?
1. Chris Rock rocks on this documentary
2. The celebrities participating on the documentary was more than entertaining. Some of them are well known (Ice-T, Kerry Washington, Nia Long, Paul Mooney, Raven Symone, Maya Angelou, Reverend Al Sharpton, etc.)
3. The interviews and conversations at the barber shops... hilarious! There are no places like barber shops
What did I dislike from this movie?
1. If he used the time he used to show the BB contest in more content and conversation, it would be even better. The BB contest was kind of boring
I would rate this movie with a 3/5
What did you like or dislike from this movie? What would you rate this movie?
Enjoy it!... Watch it!
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