In Theaters:
Good Hair
As he puts it at the start of Good Hair, one of Chris Rock’s young daughters one day stumped him by asking, “Daddy, how come I don’t have good hair?” That question — and its attendant cultural, racial, economic, and historical baggage — prompted him to find an answer to why she would think her hair wasn’t “good” in the best way a performer knows how: make a movie. The result is a quick-witted narrative that refuses to sacrifice thought for humor, even if it never satisfyingly answers the original question…
Good Hair opens tomorrow. You can read the full review at filmcritic.com.
Chris Barsanti 