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.
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This is not about comedy, this is not about great actors, this is a movie about racism. It must be stopped. I haven't watched many American movies dealing with racism this way. I wish racists watch this movie and try to get the answer why would they hate someone only because they are not from the same race. So what if our kids' partners are of a different race? Should we judge them just because of that? Should we make our kids suffer because we can't accept their choice? NO. Let's be happy no matter what our beloved ones choose to do, be with and find the happiness with. Be happy for them being happy. Racism is such a big world's problem, but I feel much better about the future when I see that someone is making this kind of movies. It can help. If only one person changes opinion about races this movie is worth of making.
Unbelievable.For a film made in 2005 this is so far behind the times. It is inappropriate, small-minded and offensive.In case the film-makers haven't noticed, racism is not an offence only white people can commit. The attitude portrayed by Bernie Mac's character is the same disgraceful behaviour that the human race has fought so hard to overcome."Guess Who's Coming To Dinner", on which this film is loosely based, was made in the mid- 1960s, and even then reaction was mixed. Surely we've moved on. Surely we live in a more enlightened time.Ban this film.
This oddly titled remake of Spencer Tracy's final flick, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, has Bernie Mac as the bullying patriarch of a family who learns one of his daughters is dating a white guy (Ashton Kutcher). Worse, he's a white guy out of work and who tends to lie. (Imagine if this had been the case in the original, which involved Spencer Tracy meeting his daughter's black boy friend. But never fear: the beau in that movie was played by Saint Sidney Poitier, who is a doctor, for heaven's sake, and can do no wrong.) In the remake, a clash of cultures predictably ensues, embroidered with large doses of slapstick. The daughter herself is played by someone named Zoe Saldana and is dull as dishwater, but then who in their right mind would want to date the klutzy Kutcher, who keeps falling down and stumbles over every sentence? Mac is pretty subdued, as befits his role as a loan officer of a small town bank. Clichés abound as the movie drags onto the inevitable lovable, huggable conclusion. But to believe this gal's many relatives would openly accept Kutcher as her fiancé places GUESS WHO in the realm of science fiction. It's watchable, but avoid the part where Mac and Kutcher tango together. Fast-forward that part or better yet, leave the room for two minutes. It's embarrassing and just not funny.
First of all, I am not a fan of Bernie Mack and certainly not of Ashton Kutcher, but I liked this movie.While the movie is certainly predictable, it has its humorous moments. Although Bernie Mack plays a little overly protective father, he does not over play it to the point that it is just a ridiculous caricature. Ashton Kuetcher has a good haircut and looks like a nice clean cut male, not the long haired goof-ball we usually see.My favorite scene was the one at the dinner table. Not to give anything away, there were racist comments and racist jokes, but in good taste and fun. That scene shows that both sides can be racist in their own rights but still enjoy a good joke when it is truly funny.While not the masterpiece that "Look Who's Coming to Dinner" was, it was a whole lot more fun to watch.This is you typical formula romantic comedy, but it is heavier on comedy than romance.