We opened up "The Village Barbershop" at the "Village 8 Theatres" in the "Village Square." I really don't know if we're in a business area called the "Village Square," but it sounds good for me to say along with this horrible pun.
However, this film was a little delight. It does move a little slow in the story and I think it tries too hard sometimes to be funny, but the heart of this film is worth seeing. It's not a terrible film especially for a debut directing of Chris J. Ford. In fact I really think the main flaw of it was the length of it. It may be 99 mins, but it feels like 2 hours. But what may be the joy of the film might be the performance from John Ratzenberger that you would NEVER had dream of him doing this kind of acting in his career that I can think of. Of course I'm no expert of John's career but it is high-lighted from his days as the sarcastic postman on the TV show Cheers as well as voice in Toy Story. But his character curses some and to me it just seems weird to hear the 'bad' words come out of his mouth when all I can think about is his Canadian voice on Cheers asking for a beer and saying "Hey Samie".
I do recommend this film for your viewing pleasure. It's an indie film that definitely lives up to it's expectations of being an indie film. See this film before we get rid of it this week... it's last day is February 12.
-LouEx
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