''The Barber'' is a 2014 American thriller film directed by Basel Owies and starring

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. It is Owies's feature directorial debut.

Cast

as Eugene Van Wingerdt / Francis Allen Visser *

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as John McCormack *

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as Audrey Bennett *

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as Chief Gary Hardaway *

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as Luis Ramirez *

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as Kelli *

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as Melissa *Tim Dezam as Capt. Phil Baroni *Valorie Hubbard as Grace *

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as Thomas McCormack

Release

The film premiered at the

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on October 3, 2014. It was then released in limited theaters and on VOD on March 27, 2015.

Reception

The film has a 20% rating on

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. Oktay Ege Kozak of

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graded the film a D. Tirdad Derakhshani of ''

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'' awarded the film two and a half stars out of four. Dennis Harvey of ''

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'' gave the film a negative review and wrote "An apparent serial-killer-wannabe tracks down his would-be mentor in this underwhelming thriller."

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barber, The American thriller films 2014 thriller films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films