a 2005 American comedy film directed by Bille Woodruff

Beauty Shop is a 2005 American comedy film directed by Bille Woodruff.

urban comedy

It’s called BEAUTY SHOP, the nation’s number one, urban comedy stage play, still to this date, holding box office records in NEW YORK, ATLANTA, DETROIT, WASHINGTON, D.C., BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA, HOUSTON, DALLAS, LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO, CHICAGO, RICHMOND, BIRMINGHAM, CHARLOTTE, NEW HAVEN, HARTFORD, COLUMBUS, PEORIA, LITTLE ROCK and NEW ORLEANS.

a comedy revolving around Gina (Queen Latifah) as Queen Latifah quits Queen Latifah's job in a hair salon in order to start Queen Latifah's own salon business

Beauty Shop is a comedy revolving around Gina (Queen Latifah) as Queen Latifah quits Queen Latifah's job in a hair salon in order to start Queen Latifah's own salon business.

a lost 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Edward Dillon and written by Doty Hobart based upon the play of the same name by Channing Pollock and Rennold Wolf

The Beauty Shop is a lost 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Edward Dillon and written by Doty Hobart based upon the play of the same name by Channing Pollock and Rennold Wolf.

a humorous and entertaining comedy

All in all, Beauty Shop is quite often a humorous and entertaining comedy.

a classic comedy

Beauty Shop is a classic comedy because and many of the laughs come from the Queen.

a comedy that really works thanks to the appealing performance by Queen Latifah as an entrepreneur determined to fulfill Queen Latifah's dream

Beauty Shop is a comedy that really works thanks to the appealing performance by Queen Latifah as an entrepreneur determined to fulfill Queen Latifah's dream.

A beauty salon or beauty parlor or

A beauty salon or beauty parlor (or sometimes beauty shop) is an establishment dealing with cosmetic treatments for men and women.

an Americana rock / alt country band, led by singer-songwriter-guitarist John Hoeffleur, based out of Champaign, Illinois

The Beauty Shop was an Americana rock / alt country band, led by singer-songwriter-guitarist John Hoeffleur, based out of Champaign, Illinois.

a moving tale of love, compassion, and determination against a backdrop of wartime tragedy

Based on a true story, The Beauty Shop is a moving tale of love, compassion, and determination against a backdrop of wartime tragedy.

an African-American comedy

And though the film's ads highlight the film's ads's weak assortment of fading Caucasian actors, Beauty Shop is very much an African-American comedy.