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Nappily Ever After

Nappily Ever After

Comedy · Romance · Drama · 2018

After an accident at the hair salon, Violet realizes she's not living life to the fullest. A soulful barber helps her put the pieces back together.

Movie details

Nappily Ever After

“Let yourself grow”

2018 Comedy · Romance · Drama 1h 40m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.4 / 10

10.3K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

71 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

63 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.2 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

After an accident at the hair salon, Violet realizes she's not living life to the fullest. A soulful barber helps her put the pieces back together.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Nappily Ever After?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Haifaa al-Mansour

Written by

Gina Prince-Bythewood · Adam Brooks

Sanaa Lathan

Sanaa Lathan

Violet Jones

Ricky Whittle

Ricky Whittle

Clint

Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson

Richard Jones

Camille Guaty

Camille Guaty

Wendy

Lyriq Bent

Lyriq Bent

Will

Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield

Paulette Jones

Catherine Dyer

Catherine Dyer

Susan

Court is in session

Put Nappily Ever After on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.