Don't get me wrong, the basis of the movie is a good one, and Latifah plays a strong black woman in this movie. It's just, I thought they did a lot of reaching.
Basically, the movie is about a beautician (Latifah) who moved from Chicago to Atlanta when her husband died, and her daughter got accepted into a prestigious school of the arts. She got a job at an exclusive salon a la Vida Sassoon, or the like. The clientel (sp) at the shop was mainly rich white women, and she recieved a lot of accolades from the customers. However, her and the salon owner (Kevin Bacon) didn't see eye to eye as to how Latifah handled her business, so she quit, and opened her own salon.
She opened the salon in the SWATS, and some of the rich women from the other salon followed Latifah to her shop when they couldn't get satisfaction from the other place. She also bought a white stylist from the old shop with her. The girl did black hair in beauty shows, but was relegated to the shampoo girl in the old place, so Latifah gave her a shot at her place.
There's more, but I don't want to give it all away.
NICE