Very Cool!!!

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

It just is. A boy dreams of becoming the husband of a hairdresser and when he grows up does. That's very nearly the whole plot. Romantic, funny, sexy, sad.

Already more than 10 years since I have seen this movie the first time. And I still think it is one of the best ones... great actors (Jean Rochefort will make you laugh, Anna Galiena is superb and attractive as ever), excellent story who does not need to have a real happy end ... one of the big differences from the usual Hollywood trash. For me one of the big success of French cinema - although this film is not such a well known one... ... together with "Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain" (2001) the two French movies in my Top 10 collection! .

The French are the masters of melancholy. I don't think I've ever been more pleased by sadness than after watching this beautiful film. A little boy obsesses over his hairdresser as a child and then finally fulfills his fantasy nearly forty years later when he marries a stunningly gorgeous owner of a barber shop on a whim. The story is simple, and though it may leave some viewers wanting more in terms of character development, it will play well if you see it as a fable. The two are madly in love with each other and their whole life revolves around the barber shop and their customers. Quirky humor, insightful observances about everyday life and people's behavior, and superb photography (especially of the luminous actress playing the hairdresser) make this a highly enjoyable film to watch. This is a wonderful look at how lust can grow into love, and how love can turn tragic and then hopeful again. Bravo to director Leconte. C'est la vie!

"The Hairdresser's Husband" shows a boy enraptured by his buxom female barber and then again as a middle-aged man who proposes to a beautiful barber during his first visit to her salon. The film goes on from there bathing itself in the couple's mutual gratification and the man's peculiar predilection for Eastern dancing while wandering ambiguously and playing out thematically with precious little story to be found. All in all, the film seems to be a testament to one man's obsession though it could well have been a boy's fantasy or the man's boyish imaginings. Not clear of purpose, this flick is simply beautiful and fun hedonism with narrow appeal from the less-is-more school of film making. Only for those into fatalistic French films and other artsy stuff. (B)