Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

fernandes_b I learned a lot from the documentary, but I thought it was sexist in all the talk about men financially supporting women's weaves. They said black women were "expensive" or "high maintenance". Who says men are paying for their hairdos? One of the women interviewed in the hair salon had her own business, the other was a teacher, so where did the assumption that men were paying for the hairdos came from? They didn't show any statistics to back that up.. Women are so hard-working, they are a huge part of the labor force, they don't just sit around all day getting weaves out of other people's pockets. I know the documentary wasn't about that, and I'm sure some women do get financial support for their hair, but that bothered me. Other than that, I feel this relevant issue that is connected to certain social and historical contexts and our consumer society should be more addressed in the media and Chris Rock is really doing his part.

SnoopyStyle Chris Rock has two young daughters Lola and Zahra. One day, Lola asks why she doesn't have good hair. Chris goes into a funny in-depth dive into the world of black people's hair. It's a hidden world for most non-blacks and this is informative. The interview with the white chemistry professor is funny when he asks why black people put sodium hydroxide in their hair. Rock could have had more white people interviews. He follows some of the competitors in the Bronner Bros Hair Battle. His wit is great and he's able to also deal with the material seriously. This is very much right up his alley. It's fun and ultimately has a point to make.

angelareya This comment is in response to the film "Good Hair." I felt that the film was made to poke fun at Black women who go to harsh lengths to straighten their hair and to get hair extensions. The film makes references to slavery and let you know how many Black Americans were brainwashed for centuries into believing that straighter hair is better. I'd like to respond to this by saying that even though there are some Black women who chemically straighten their hair a lot and use lots of hair extensions, White women have been chemically treating their hair for decades as well to get curly hairstyles. If anyone ever watches old Hollywood films and TV shows, many of the White women's hairstyles are mostly curled in all of those films and shows, and in later years, you would see their hair wavy or bouncy. Most White women you see today on soap operas always have their hair either curly or wavy or bouncy. None of those hairstyles are natural because most White women hair is just plain straight and limp. Some have naturally curly hair but most of them do not. These are all chemically treated hair styles. Many also wear hair extensions to make their thin hair look fuller. They also go to extreme measures to get breast implants, lip implants, cheekbone lifts, butt lifts and dark tans. I haven't heard any one really talk on this much in the media as they talk about the Black women's hair issues. These issues are just as serious or more serious because when you spend thousands of dollars on plastic surgery to make yourself look like someone else or when you risk getting skin cancer just to get a dark tan, that is not cool. Even though this is true, I bet you would never see a White male comedian make a film on these issues, the way Chris Rock made a film on the Black hair issue. However those are also important issues that should be discussed. Maybe there should be a film in where both African American and White American girls can talk about how they feel about themselves and the images they see on screen, and the filmmaker should ask what would make them want to change. Maybe there will be more positive images in the media for all kinds of young girls and women to look up to.

Rafael Carvajal What this documentary depicts is a phenomena occurring in any American Country from Canada to Argentina, wherever black people live.This madness about spending thousands of dollars, before getting good education, or something to eat, and in addition be exposed to harmful chemicals is common everywhere.So I was expecting not just the fun facts, but a deeper psycho-social analysis (again mixed with Chris' jokes) of Why, How, and what should we do?It misses deeper analysis of health issues, psychological side effects, environmental effects, etc. It failed to expose the inferiority complex regarding the beauty of thicker hair; and how it should be molded and folded into "Good Hair".