Nappily Ever After

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Nappily Ever After

TV-MA

2018

1h 38m

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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A soulful barber helps a woman piece her life back together after an accident at her hair salon makes her realize she is not living life to the fullest.

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Smart and socially conscious, Nappily Ever After depicts black female empowerment in a fresh way, but the film relies too heavily on romantic comedy tropes.

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Robyn Bahr

The Hollywood Reporter

Bildungsroman disguised as rom-com, the refreshing script much more concerned with its heroine's emotional arc and personal growth than her ultimate relationship status.

Oct 1, 2018

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Angelica Jade Bastién

New York Magazine/Vulture

Unfortunately, instead of coming across as a warm throwback, Nappily Ever After is a romantic comedy saddled with a reductive understanding of black womanhood without enough cast chemistry or beauty to distract us.

Sep 24, 2018

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Sheila O'Malley

RogerEbert.com

Nappily Ever After is as much a polemic as it is anything else.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 21, 2018

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Natasha Alvar

MovieBabble

Nappily Ever After is a movie that looks good on paper and tries very hard, but just misses the mark.

Rated: C

Mar 7, 2021

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

A pleasing fluff piece.

Rated: B-

Feb 5, 2019

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Courtney Small

Cinema Axis

Lathan convincingly brings a lot of depth to a role that could have easily been one-note in another performer's hands.

Rated: B-

Jan 10, 2019

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Steve D

It is on the surface a story about hair. However it is far deeper and the writing is good enough to make it work.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

Didn't like it one bit. It's just a bad movie: hardly entertaining, weird and in the case of empowerment my sister was left asking WTF rather than feeling empowered.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

Easy to watch- predictable and okay acting but has a decent message. Ideal when you can't be bothered to commit to a film that takes a lot of thought

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

really great movie with an awesome message

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/21

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renaldo d

"Nappily Ever After" is an uncomfortable film with a very beautiful message, although the editing and direction are not at all interesting

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

A rom-com of a woman finding her true self by "letting her hair down" without her hair to find what life is to her in her eyes. Beautiful emotions and true friendships.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Synopsis

A soulful barber helps a woman piece her life back together after an accident at her hair salon makes her realize she is not living life to the fullest.

Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Producer: Tracey Bing, Sanaa Lathan, Jared LeBoff, Marc Platt
Screenwriter: Tina Gordon, Lisa Loomer, Adam Brooks, Gina Prince-Bythewood
Production Co: Marc Platt Productions, Netflix
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 21, 2018
Runtime: 1h 38m

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