Hot gossip and cool hairdos sit side-by-side in this independent comedy-drama. Nora (
Jenifer Lewis) is the owner of her own hair salon in an African-American community in Los Angeles, and she watches over her "family" of employees, as well as an assortment of friends, relatives, and regular customers. Lilleana (
Tatyana Ali) is a new employee at the salon who is trapped in an abusive relationship with her husband Bennie (
Bobby Brown). Chloe (
Tamala Jones) is a hair stylist who has aspirations of making it into show biz. Ming (
Lucille Soong) does manicures and isn't very good at minding her temper or hiding her opinions. And Devin (
Jean-Claude LaMarre) is a gay man who is feeling uncertain about his relationship with his boyfriend, Delicious (
Donn Swaby). Hip-hop stars
Lil' Kim and
Pras also appear in supporting roles. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide