Guess Who
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Movie Reviews of Guess Who
Movie Review: Kutcher and Mac star in this funny comedy
Summary: 4 Stars
Guess Who is a Bernie Mac, Ashton Kutcher comedy that bears no resemblance to the 1967 Guess Whose Coming to Dinner starring Sydney Poitier. I haven't seen the original but understand it was more of a drama and socially revelant. The 2005 version shares the plot of a white guy with a black girlfriend coming home to meet the girl's family. This movie however, is straight comedy, played for laughs. There could have been some uncomfortable racial situations, but there weren't.
I enjoyed this movie a lot. Kutcher plays Simon, who is dating Theresa and she is black. She takes him home meet her family without telling her family Simon is white. Bernie Mac, playing the over protective father Percy, can't believe his daughter is dating a white boy and sets out to make Simon's stay at the house as uncomfortable as possible. The scenes between Simon and Percy are the best. Theresa's character takes a back seat in this movie. She exists because she has too.
This is a fun movie that is straight comedy. There are few moments that try to comment on the problems of interracial relationships, but the movie quickly moves on to another scene of Kutcher or Mac hamming it up from the camera. Don't hold it against this movie that it is a remake of a classic. It isn't trying to be better than the original. It is mainly just borrowing the plot which is a good one and great one for pure comedy.
Movie Review: Atrocious
Summary: 1 Stars
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But above all, atrocious
Movie Review: IT'S STUPID
Summary: 5 Stars
THIS IS A STUPID MOVIE Movie Review: "GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER" WITH A COMEDIC THEME
Summary: 4 Stars
When lovely Theresa, who is black, brings home her fiance, Simon Green, who is white, for her parents' 25th wedding anniversary; her father understandably does not appreciate this fact because she failed to mention his race to him. Bernie Mac, who is the father, goes out of his way to make sure that his daughter does not marry Simon. There are some surprises and even after all the negatives, her father somehow does warm up to Simon. All-in-all, the movie works well and is a barrel of laughs. Highly recommended.
Movie Review: Unoriginal and Extremely Predictable
Summary: 1 Stars
Maybe I am going crazy, but wasn't there already a movie based on the boyfriend of a nice and lovely daughter trying to prove he is worthy only about 10 times now. It is getting old. Yes, you can always come up with a few new jokes but that does not mean it has any redeeming qualities. Bernie Mac's acting has completely gone done the drain along with Ashton Kutcher's who has been down for a while. Those two must have been paid a lot. The jokes are so predictable I almost turned it off. I think one of the points the movie wanted to make is that interacial couples work out and that was carried across very unclear. People reviewing this product have to stop saying it's good just so they get more Yes than No and start saying what is true....which is that this movie sucks.