Guess Who
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Movie Reviews of Guess Who
Movie Review: Great funny movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this movie. It's quite funny and my 10 year old son enjoys it as well. I borrowed this from a friend and we watched it over and over and over. Just had to get my own copy.
The romance is subtle so it's a great movie for both adults and older kids.
Movie Review: Guess Who's in a Time-Honored Hackneyed Plot
Summary: 3 Stars
Whimsically, I borrowed a copy of "Guess Who" from the Public Library. OK, I confess - I chose it chiefly because I enjoy looking at Ashton Kutcher's face; a guilty pleasure. (Who says a man can't coast through his career on looks alone?) As for the movie itself, I didn't expect much and guess what? - I didn't get it, either. It's just your average generically bland, dopey movie. And though "Guess Who" is supposed to be something of an update of the 40 year old "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", I noticed more gender stereotypes than racial ones; i.e. the frivolous female fluff muffins 'bonding' over strawberry daiquiris. I imagined the (male) creators of this film expecting women to find these scenes 'empowering'; gag me with a spoon.
But "Guess Who" is probably no worse than dozens of movies that are released every month; it's just that discriminating viewers will try to bypass them. If you have an IQ in the three digits, you might want to set your sights on something higher, unless you too are slumming by succumbing to eye candy.
Movie Review: Have you guessed it yet?
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a good comedy that shows white & black people aren't that different!!
I love Bernie Mac, he play a great father & drives a go-cart pretty good.
I rate this DVD a 7 from 1to10!!
Movie Review: Excellent Comedy in the Vein of "Meet the Parents" and "Win A Date with Tad Hamilton"
Summary: 5 Stars
Wonderful film! Ashton Kutcher is his usual bumbling awkward self, Bernie is flat out hilarious, and the rest of the cast does a wonderful job supporting the story. If you enjoy romantic comedies with an ornery edge then this is your film.
A NOTE TO CHRISTIAN VIEWERS
This film has brief sexual references, some moderate language, and implied intemacy before marriage. Although not commendeble in any film, this elements are kept to a minimum, and are still much milder than most of what hollywood puts out nowadays.
Movie Review: Nothing new or fresh, but its funny none-the-less...
Summary: 3 Stars
There's really nothing new within `Guess Who' but that doesn't make it worth the sit down. It's pretty much `Meet the Parents' redux without the brilliance that was Robert DeNiro, but it's funny in it's own right and offers enough humor to satisfy the average moviegoer. It's a comedic remake of the classic film `Guess Who's Coming to Dinner', a film that at the time was pushing boundaries and asking important questions. Now the issue of race is more a forced discussion topic as apposed to a real problem. Racism, while it does still exist, is mostly embellished and scrutinized in an unreasonable way and thus becomes more of an annoyance than a real problem. The point being that there is no real morale center to `Guess Who' despite the point that Bernie Mac's character may be a tad bit racist in his viewpoints. `Guess Who' is mainly just good ol' fun.
When Percy and Marilyn decide to renew their wedding vows after 25 years of marriage they are pleased to find out they are to meet their daughter's boyfriend, but when he turns out to be white Percy is not pleased and becomes determined to find something, anything wrong with Simon in order to ruin his chances with his daughter. Simon is just trying to make a good impression but nothing he does will ever be good enough. In the end of course there is some reckoning on the parts of both Percy and Simon and they all become one big happy family, but getting there, while familiar, is still fun.
Ashton Kutcher does a fine job of filling in Ben Stiller's shoes. Notice I will continue to liken `Guess Who' to `Meet the Parents' mainly because they come across in sections to be the same film. Ashton is funny when he needs to be, convincing, and precisely on point when it comes to Simon. He may not be the most talented bird in the coop, but he does do this brand of comedy well. Bernie Mac is also funny, but he can't live up to the award worthy brilliance that was Robert DeNiro. DeNiro delivered each line so convincingly, so effortlessly hilariously dead-pan while Bernie Mac seems to be overwhelmed at times as if he knows he can't truly stack up. The rest of the characters are mainly background noise. Zoe Saldana doesn't have to do anything but be gorgeous, and that she is, and Judith Scott, well she's no Blythe Danner that's for sure.
In the end `Guess Who' is worth the watch through. It's nothing spectacular and definitely nothing fresh and new but it's funny and that's all that really matters.