The 10 most beloved sobadtheyregood movies, ranked. Chris rock takes lighthearted look at black womens dos. Pulled straight from rotten tomatoes list of favorites, these are the. In this movie, follow homeless teenager tallulah as she gets tangled in a. Back when good hair was first announced, i was elated to see that fellowaquarian chris rock was making a documentary that attempted to do for black womens hair what bill maher did for religion. Everything here is ordered from almostfresh to superrotten staff picks of bad movies that we love for different reasons. Good hair premiered at the 2009 sundance film festival and won the special jury prize. Sep 07, 2017 after the movie is released, a different rotten tomatoes rating one based on audience response, which is invariably positive begins to pop up on fandango next to the tomatometer score. It doesnt offer any solutions, but it shows that the africanamerican communitys obsession with good hair in other words, straighter, looser curls rather than coarser, nappy hair is a mixed blessing. He conveys a lot of information, but also some unfortunate opinions and misleading facts. When i was growing up, the son of a hairdresser, perms were also a craze, but that meant putting. Watch good hair 2009 full movie free streaming online tubi. Rock interviews celebrities such as icet and raven symone, and visits hair salons, stylist competitions and even an indian temple to learn about hair culture. Jordan peeles get out scores rare 100 percent on rotten.
These films were so bad that they received a 0% rating on. Some girls have their hair cut off and stolen while they were sleeping or at the movie theatre. Bad hairs unwieldy ambitions are easy to respect even if the films tonal. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Good hair is a 2009 american documentary film directed by jeff stilson and produced by chris. Rent good hair 2009 starring chris rock and ravensymone on dvd and bluray. Everything you need to know about good hair movie 2009. Good hair pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released good hair pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten. Chris rock, the host and narrator, is a likable man, quick, truly curious, with the gift of encouraging people to speak openly about a subject they usually keep private. Whats the story when chris rocks daughter, lola, came up to him crying and asked, daddy, how come i dont have good hair. The sites founder has said he landed on the name rotten tomatoes while watching a movie called leolo, about a boy who thinks he was conceived when an italian peasant fell into a cart of semen. Bad hair has plenty to say about the plight of black women in particular and blackness in popular culture in general but his movie cant settle on laughing off the conflict or regarding it.
A raucous adventure prompted by rocks daughter approaching him and asking, daddy, how come i dont have good hair. An american tribal loverock musical about a vietnam war draftee who meets and befriends a tribe of hippies on his way to the army induction center. The movie features interviews from hair care industry businesspeople, stylists derek j. The worse the nic cage hair, the better the nic cage movie decider. I i i should should should should put put put put you you you you down. Milos formans movie version of hair is every bit as exhilarating and. An expose of comic proportions that only chris rock could pull off, good. We watched the selena gomez movie that has a 0 percent rotten.
What if i told you theres a fairly reliable way to predict whether a movie is good or. Milos formans film adaptation of the popular, controversial broadway musical hair has dated somewhat, yet it remains an effective evocation of the hippie movement of the late 60s. What are the movies that, without fail, leave us feeling better than we did before we pushed play. Good hair is an insightful and entertaining, yet remarkably serious, documentary about africanamerican hair culture. Jun 26, 2010 good hair, he learns, is straight hair. That doesnt mean the movie isnt warm, funny and entertaining. Comedian chris rock takes you on a hair raising journey through the extreme lengths africanamerican women will go to for good hair. Oct 23, 2009 the question was posed do some black men deal with white women exclusively, because they can go swimming, and have their hair touched, opened up another can of worms.
Oddly, this straightening is referred to as a perm. Chris rock interview with moving pictures about the documentray good hair duration. Tim ryan is an excitable 42yearold film savant with a mop of reddish hair. Shailene woodleys 10 best movies according to rotten tomatoes shailene woodley has a fairly mixed filmography, and, while not all of her movie appearances were great, these 10 are still worth checking out. Good hair not available on your favorite video service. As a staff, we at rotten tomatoes asked ourselves a basic question. If you were raised in an africanamerican community, then youre probably very familiar with the notion of good hair, a term thats generally applied to folks born with wavy locks which are less trouble to take care of than the more tightlycurled or nappy variety. Prompted by a question from his young daughter, comic chris rock sets out to explore the importance of hair in black culture. Although berger in the military at the end was pretty good wtf moment. The best netflix original movies to watch good housekeeping. Something for everyone interested in hair, makeup, style, and body positivity. Aside from that the film is entertaining and in parts funny but in my opinion it was unbalanced and only strengthen my conviction that good hair is the natural hair that god gave you when you were born, you just need to know how to look after it.
The story centers on a reserved midwesterner john savage who joins a pack of hippies in central park on his way to joining the army. Mar, 2015 homecoming vengeance et seduction film dhorreur en francais 2018 mischa barton, matt long. Get some popcorn and watch both deathly hallows movies backt0back for the best experience. Hair is a 1979 musical antiwar drama film based on the 1968 broadway musical hair. We watched the selena gomez movie that has a 0 percent rotten tomatoes rating. Rock starred in and produced this 2009 documentary about the black. Oct 06, 2009 in the new film good hair, chris rock explores the wonders of africanamerican hairstyles as he chats with people to find out what is good hair. Rocks documentary is a fascinating chronicle of how so many africanamerican women have a lovehate relationship with their hair. Top 10 chris rock movies, according to rotten tomatoes. Gimme head with hair long beautiful hair shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen some pretty fun songs, and some fun characters, but overall i didnt care for it too much.