As a white male, a documentary on black women's hair was never going to blow me away but the endless series of lighthearted studio interviews of girls giggling about their 'weaves' leaves you wondering why Rock wanted to be involved in such empty stuff in the first place. The investigation into Korean & Indian connections to the industry is interesting, there's just not enough of it. Almost worth sticking with for the final hair-cutting contest, which is something straight out of Zoolander.

More than I was expecting. Covers a lot of ground, and thankfully never makes a moral judgment on the high price of vanity. Chris Rock surprised me; he's restrained but still funny. The hair cutting competition adds an interesting narrative and helps demonstrate the enormous size of the industry.

Although Rock's presentation is a little condescending at times, and the notion that hair is somehow a tool of racial discrimination seems like a bit of a stretch, it remains a fascinating look at an often-overlooked aspect of modern culture.

The Bronner Bros. competition is completely idiotic and not very compelling, but overall it was a really interesting documentary on a subject I was totally clueless about. Don't allow any misconceptions you might have steer you away from this, because it's enlightening and there are plenty of laughs.

Chris Rock plays your low key (thankfully) ambassador into the fascinating world of black hair, focusing mostly on the female side of things. I had no idea how much money, time and effort goes into giving black women 'good' (i.e. straight) hair. Though, on its surface, it's a film about hair, the commentary on race and what it means (and costs) to be beautiful and black is woven in well. Definitely worth seeing.

"That many of these hairstyles derive from standards of beauty laid down by white tastemakers is a question that hangs over Good Hair." - Matthew Connolly

This is a funny look at hair. Chris Rock is very funny and the movie is very informative regarding the hair industry. Overall this is a funny and informative documentary.

It was an interesting insight into the world of hair and intricacy of it all. Some of the financial figures thrown around blew my mind!

very interesting and funny

Really all it did was make me pity the inexcusable vanity of these women.

A documentary about the black hair industry? Sounds boring, huh? Well, it's not. Chris Rock's "Good Hair" takes a look at the multi billion dollar industry from several angles, and more than not will make your mouth drop open. LOL Fun movie!

Excellent documentary presentation of the reality of hair and self image in the American Black community. Rock is smart and funny. Rock avoids hitting community too hard with his conclusions in order to provoke meaningful discussion. Rock still a comedian takes his role as journalist seriously. In a different world he would certainly command the same audience and respect as John Stewart. I would invest in Rock's next planned serious cultural effort.

I didn't really like the portions about the hair cutting competition

Two main solutions to the problem are gone into in depth or anyhow at length: first the relaxer, a/k/a a "nap antidote," a/k/a the "creamy crack," and second the weave, the latest innovation evidently in what used to be called a fall. The solution of the whole-hog wig gets ignored altogether, as do a couple of silently beckoning topics, a retrospective, for one, on the Black Is Beautiful movement of the 60s, and for another, just for contrast, a fashion show of au courant "natural" hairstyles.

Black women have bad hair. So they wear wigs made out of hair stolen from Indian women while they are asleep. Chris Rock exposes this deadly secret in this all-revealing movie.

Although there aren't many laughs, this is still one surprising & intriguing peek into the world of African-American hair. Rock peels back the lid on a seemingly benign world of hair straightening & hair weaves 2 reveal massive sociological, racial & economic forces at work.

This is a colorful off the cuff film and, although Rock's mugging is occasionally annoying, the wealth of information about black hair styles is more interesting then I would have expected. The film covers a breadth of perspectives and doesn't devolve into the preachy tirade it easily could have been. The humorous anecdotes make the journey interesting, but it is the intelligent observations of this fascinating culture that make the film worthwhile.

Entertaining and revealing documentary about the culture, science and business of black hair styling. When I was in high school, I got my hair done at a mostly black salon, but I guess I never looked around to see what else was going on. There's a lot of interesting stuff here, and host Chris Rock manages to inject some humor. There was less of a backlash against the weave/relaxer culture than I expected, although there is a sensible justification provided for that.

It's quite interesting. Also some bits were a little funny, but not a lot. "So you cannot touch your woman's hair?" 'Hell no not a black woman!'

Something I was rather oblivious too and as a documentary, it turned out a lot more interesting than I thought it would be. Not a life changing doco but a 90 minutes well spent.

This documentary does what few dare to do, it answers many of the questions it asks at the end. I was turned off by a particularly Moore like move where Rock tried to prove a point by selling black hair. And the film did loose some of it's shape thanks to an odd trip to a hair showdown, it was integrated well enough that I was prepared. The holistic film includes great opinions from black communities as well. The entire plot was so informative fresh and fun that I can't help but love it.

A good documentary about something that a lot of people are probably ignorant about. As a documentary itself it's rather entertaining and definitely informative. Don't expect it to be hilarious just because Chris Rock is in it. It has funny moments, but it's not like he's throwing around one-liners every other sentence. My only major complaint was that it focused too much on the hair style competition which didn't feel like it was in the same tone as the rest of the movie.

Never really in-depth about anything, it seems just an excuse to have Chris Rock deliver witticisms.

I was with it up until the end. The part with the hair cutting competition. I know they'd been building up to it, but honestly, it kind of sent the wrong message if you ask me. He spent over an hour making fun of people's gross vanity and backwards attitudes towards "good" hair and "bad", then takes the last half hour to SHOWCASE an extravagant product of the thing he'd been ripping apart. It would have been like Michael Moore getting consulted for a personal loan at the end of "Capitalism".

"The subject matter would still be fairly interesting without Rock's involvement, but the comedian brings a accessibility to the material that no amount of facts and figures can replace."