Guess Who
Guess Who
PG-13 | 25 March 2005 (USA)
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When a young African-American woman brings her fiancé home to meet her parents, she's neglected to mention one tiny detail – he's white.

Reviews
Greenes Please don't spend money on this.
2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!
Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Jackson Booth-Millard I did wonder about the title when I heard about it, then I heard it was loosely based on the classic film Guss Who's Coming to Dinner, so I was certainly interested to see it, from director Kevin Rodney Sullivan (Barbershop 2: Back in Business). Basically Percy Jones (Bernie Mac) and wife Marilyn (Judith Scott) are planning to renew their wedding vows, and at the same time their daughter Theresa (Avatar's Zoë Saldaña) is planning to bring home her boyfriend Simon Green (Ashton Kutcher). The parents had no idea that Theresa's boyfriend was white, and they certainly didn't know that they planned to tell them of their engagement plans during the weekend. The race issue complicates situations between Simon and his to-be father in law, Percy doesn't trust him, so much so that he looks into his past history, and he finds out he lost his job recently. He never told Theresa, and she is upset with both Simon for lying to her and her father for doing what he did, and so is Marilyn, both are ditched and have to come together to work things out. In the end. all relationships are restored, and the final scenes see Percy and Marilyn happily marrying again, and Simon and Theresa happy and looking forward to their future together. Also starring Hal Williams as Howard Jones, Kellee Stewart as Keisha Jones, Robert Curtis Brown as Dante and RonReaco Lee as Reggie. You could argue that this is pretty much a remake of the classic Spencer Tracy/Katharine Hepburn/Sidney Poitier film, just swapping the races round, but there are some big differences, like a more competitive rivalry between the black father and white guy, such as the racing scene, but that doesn't mean it is better, the original is obviously much more poignant, and this attempt to make it more funny doesn't quite work, but it is a romantic comedy worth a go once I suppose. Okay!
Neil Welch This film merges the embarrassed meeting the in-laws thread of comedy with the black vs white culture shock school of thought, and does a decent job of blending them.There are a lot of laughs together with a subtext about colour not mattering, while at the same time trading on those differences, thus enabling the film to have its cake and eat it.It's not a classic film and never will be, but the principals all do very well in delivering characters who are believable and convey touchingly the emotional consequences of some of the problems which occur.Well worth watching.
David Reid I have seen recently on television the film Guess Who and immediately I thought this is a remake of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner so I checked on the internet and I was right it is a remake of that great classic film which had a great cast. How can you replace Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Pontier these are great actors that are irreplaceable what is wrong with Hollywood can't they make anything new anymore why do they try to remake great classics you just can't remake these films today as the acting today is not that good and the overall production is not of the standard of the Golden Age of Films. I do not know how these remakes get finance to make them because they are not as good or better than the old classic's. Please Hollywood stop trying to remake the past.
Amy Adler Theresa (Zoe Saldana) is becoming very close to her boyfriend, Simon (Ashton Kutcher). They live in Manhattan, where Simon is a rising businessman, and an engagement between the two of them may be forthcoming. However, Simon has never met Theresa's folks. But, an introduction is about to occur, as Theresa is taking Simon home for the weekend, where her parents are hosting a big party to celebrate their anniversary. There is one small glitch. Simon is a Caucasian and Theresa is an African-American and the young woman's parents have not been told about this detail. Needless to say, Theresa's father, Percy (Bernie Mac), mother and sister are surprised to meet Simon face to face. As such, Percy has his misgivings and insists that the young couple can not occupy the same room. In addition to that, after Simon is installed in the basement bedroom, Percy makes it clear that he will sleep WITH Simon to make certain that there is no midnight rendez-vous. Oh, boy! In truth, everyone is so stressed about the party arrangements and the family's reactions to Simon that the celebration almost gets cancelled. Will everyone learn to love one another? This is a slight but very sweet film, loosely based on the classic Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. It's sad that, almost 40 years later, the film's premise is still relevant but it is. To the writers' credit, the movie does not shy away from truth and meaning, although the plot is somewhat thin. But, it is the film's cast that is the movie's greatest asset. Mac is a very humorous and likable star and so is Kutcher. Get those two together and you have a dynamic duo of comedy, helping to overcome any of the movie's weaker elements. The rest of the players, including Saldana, are also very worthy. As for the film's costumes, sets, and production values, they are quite nice indeed. If you love romantic comedies or are fans of Mac or Kutcher, get yourself a copy of this one. It's this viewer's guess that you will be very pleased with the final result.